Bright discusses ‘burning’ Champions League desire at Chelsea | OneFootball

Millie Bright has said winning the UEFA Women’s Champions League is a ‘burning desire’ at Chelsea as the club look to win an elusive European title.

Chelsea face WSL rivals Manchester City tonight in the second leg of their quarter-final tie. The West Londoners trail 2-0 from the first leg and have a tough task to progress.

Incredibly, it’s the fourth consecutive meeting between the teams. Already this month, Chelsea and City have met in the League Cup final, WSL and the first leg of their European tie.

Chelsea won both domestic encounters and are unbeaten in the WSL this season, but produced a flat performance in defeat at City on March 19th. At the weekend, a stoppage-time winner from Erin Cuthbert sealed Chelsea a 2-1 win in league action.

Ahead of tonight’s second leg, Bright said the absence of a Champions League winner’s medal is something that bugs the four-in-a-row English champions.

“As a club we’re always aware of the trophies we haven’t won, but the most important thing is to look at what we have won,” she told the club’s official website.

“This is our opportunity to bounce back and really show as a team our mentality and the qualities we have.

“It’s always the aim to win everything, it’s part of who we are, it’s part of our ambition.

“It’s part of your goals when you become a Chelsea player. That’s your ambition, you ask any individual within our squad and they’ll give you the same answer.

“That burning desire to win this competition…it’s the Champions League. Everyone knows how special the Champions League is. It’s an incredible honour to win it as a player and Sonia has done it as both, so it’s everyone’s dream to do that.”

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