Arsenal qualifying for Champions League quarter-finals feels ´surreal´, says Slegers

Renee Slegers says it feels “surreal” that Arsenal have secured their place within the Champions League quarter-finals with two video games to spare.

The Gunners will end at the very least second in Group C after Lina Hurtig’s late strike secured a 1-0 win over Juventus on Thursday.

What seemed to be a irritating encounter was circled by Slegers’ substitutions, and after lacking a wonderful likelihood, Hurtig was ultimately the distinction on the Emirates.

Arsenal created 3.69 anticipated objectives (xG) from their 9 pictures, getting three heading in the right direction, in comparison with simply 0.5 for Juventus, who examined Daphne van Domselaar the identical quantity of occasions.

Slegers was impressed by her facet’s resilience as they pushed to come back away with all three factors.

“It’s surreal to be trustworthy,” Slegers mentioned post-match. “I by no means felt we might get into this example. We now have completed very well.

“I used to be a part of Jonas [Eidevall’s] employees and there was a lot that was constructed throughout his time. I don’t need to separate that. There’s a lot we’re nonetheless constructing on. It’s surreal in so some ways however we’re very glad.

“I’m simply glad for the workforce to win. Clearly, now we have superb depth within the squad, and we all know anybody can do it for us – whether or not it’s beginning gamers or ending gamers.

“It’s the visualisation of how a lot everybody contributes within the workforce. I believe that’s what it means for us.”

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Slegers took over as interim supervisor following Jonas Eidevall’s departure final month and has gone unbeaten in her first seven video games, successful six and drawing one.

They’ve received every of their final 5 in all competitions, and haven’t conceded a aim of their earlier 4 matches.

“It was only a very spectacular block of the workforce,” Slegers mentioned. “We conceded just one aim throughout this entire block, so defensively very strong.

“The gamers have been stepping up huge time, they’ve been proudly owning this; we tried to relay it again to them on a regular basis, so giving them the possession.

“I’m simply very pleased with how the block has been, completely different challenges alongside the way in which, so all video games have requested one thing completely different from us. We’ve responded to that basically properly, sticking to our identification but additionally enjoying the sport that’s forward of us.”