Interim Liverpool head coach Amber Whiteley insists that her team will approach today’s match with confidence following their quarter-final win over Arsenal. She said: “We’ve taken real good confidence from that quarter-final against Arsenal and in the league against Manchester United too,” Whiteley said. “We’ve shown that we can compete against the top teams. If we execute our game plan, we can cause Chelsea problems on the day.”

She added: “Sonia [Bompastor] has done a brilliant job since going in at Chelsea. They were already a successful side but she has taken them to another level again. We have to look at the teams that have taken points off them in recent games and take learnings from those games. It definitely gives you the confidence and belief that we can go there and do the same.”