Chelsea's Women's Champions League exit was tough to take but Lucy Bronze immediately turned her focus towards our Women's FA Cup quarter-final against Spurs and stressed we still have so much to play for this season.
Last season saw us lift the trophy with a 3-0 win over Manchester United at Wembley Stadium, and the experienced defender – who won the competition twice with Manchester City before joining Chelsea – wants to do it again.
Before any thoughts of returning to Wembley, we must first overcome Tottenham in the quarter-final at Kingsmeadow on Easter Monday, and the players have all the motivation they need to do so.
'We’ve got an FA Cup game on Monday, we’re the holders of that,' said Bronze. 'We want to get to Wembley, we want to get to the final. We want to win another trophy this season.
'We need to do well in the league, too, because we need to qualify for the Champions League next year. It’s really tight, and it’s been a tough campaign, but we’ve got a lot to focus on still and a lot to play for.'
There are many twists and turns over the course of an entire football season, and Bronze is experienced enough to understand the importance of unity within the squad.
The team have needed to dig deep at times. Chelsea have suffered with many injuries this season, but the England international has taken a tenacious approach to any setbacks and firmly believes the Blues can finish the campaign strongly.
She said: 'We talk about different phases of the season. Just because you start well, it doesn’t mean you’re going to end well and vice versa. You’ve got to be consistent throughout the season.
'We tried our best to do that; we’ve had tricky spells in the last few weeks, but we’ve come out of it not too badly in terms of performance and just sticking together as a team.
'It’s been difficult, but that’s just the nature of the game. We had more fit players last year and won the (domestic) Treble, but this season we are missing players, and we just keep going.
'We’ve always got our best XI out on the field, who are full internationals, so we’re not making excuses for missing players and not having people available.
'We know that when we show up, like in previous games, we’re good enough to beat the opposition no matter what.'