Arsenal are "envious" of the era of dominance over the Women's Super League enjoyed by rivals Chelsea, admitted Katie McCabe ahead of Saturday's derby between the sides. (More Football News)
Chelsea have won five straight WSL crowns, edging out Manchester City on goal difference las♏t season to give Emma Hayes a triumphant send-off before she joined the United Sta🌠tes.
Now under the stewardship of former Lyon boss Sonia Bompastor, Chelsea are the only team in the WSL with a perfect record this term, winning their opening two꧙ matches before seeing last week's𓃲 clash with Manchester United postponed.
Arsenal, on the other hand, have already played out home draws with Man City an🐟d Everton, ramping up the pressure ahead of Saturday's game at the Emirates Stadium.
Asked by reporters how it felt to see Arsenal's rivals dominate year after y🥂ear, full-back McCabe said: "It always hurts.
"You want that t🐽o be you. You are in a team sport to bꦚe lifting trophies with your team-mates.
"Of course you are envious of them being 🌳successful. What we can do is focus on ourselves and put one foot in front of the other. Hopefully, by the end of the season, that wil꧒l be us."
While Chelsea approach this weekend's headline fixture as favourites, they were trounced 4-1 i🌺n this exact game last December, with Alessio Russo scoring twice in one of just three league defeats the Blues suffered all campaign.
Looking back at that victory, McCabe said: "We take those moments as 𒁃positives and br🔥ing it in and really instil that winning mentality into the team.
"We already did it last ൩year, so it's not a new thing for us. It is about controlling ourselves, controlling our gameplan and what we want to do iಞn the game and applying it."
