Back to the Arsenal Newsfeed

'We're deflated... but we'll bounce back'

We fell to only our second defeat in our last 14 competitive games as we were beaten by Chelsea at Kingsmeadow on Sunday.

Danielle van de Donk gave us a ninth-minute lead but Bethany England and Maria Thorisdottir struck to inflict our first defeat of the season.

Our focus now shifts to Wednesday's Women's Champions League last-16 clash with Slavia Prague in the Czech capital, and Lisa Evans is keen to get Sunday's disappointment out of her thoughts as soon as possible.

"Obviously we’re a bit deflated," she told Arsenal.com. "It’s our first defeat of the season but we’ve got another game we need to turn it around quick in the Champions League on Wednesday and that’s where our full focus goes to now.