Adversity is the making of champions. It is relatively easy to breeze through the good times but when the going gets tough and the chips are down, how teams and athletes react is what separates them from the rest.
Emma Hayes’s injury-hit Chelsea’s side exemplified this resilience perfectly as they decimated Arsenal in front of a raucous home crowd at Stamford Bridge. It was a display that oozed every ounce of the experience they have built up over their seasons of dominance, pulling on all their knowhow to dismantle a full-strength opposition who had blown them away back in December.
