Renee Slegers gave a press conference at the Sobha Realty Training Centre on Friday, ahead of our Women's Super League derby against Chelsea on Saturday, November 8. 

Our head coach was asked about the latest team news, the significance of this fixture and the importance of our crowd in big games. 

Here is what she had to say to the media: 

on injury updates:
So the four players that weren't in the squad against Leicester: Lotte [Wubben-Moy], Kyra [Cooney-Cross], Liv [Smith] and Frida [Maanum], they're all available for tomorrow, so that's positive.

on how big a boost it is for the team:
It's good and across the season we're going to need every single individual and of course against Chelsea as well, can we have as much strength as possible from the start, but then also players that can come in for us and finish the game.

on building confidence:
It's constant work, it's always under construction, what you're doing, you hear coaches always say we're building and we're building, everyone is building, we are building as well. Of course, we're happy with the three wins, the two before the break and then the way we've started the block against...