Chelsea boss Emma Hayes claims Wolfsburg win ‘biggest’ in club’s history

The Blues progressed into the Champions League semi-finals with victory over the German team

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Chelsea manager Emma Hayes has hailed her side’s 5-0 aggregate victory over Wolfsburg as the “biggest win in Chelsea history”.

Goals from Pernille Harder, Sam Kerr and Fran Kirby gave the WSL leaders a 3-0 win in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final tie.

And Hayes suggested the achievement was the most significant of her tenure so far.

“I said it at the end of the game, people like Drew [Spence], Hannah [Blundell], Carly [Telford], myself and Paul [Green], we’ve been here from the beginning,” she told Chelsea’s website.

“We’ve had to lose eight times to this team in the past, so I know how it feels. To make the progress we’ve made and showing the investment that the club has made in all of us, I think it’s the biggest win in Chelsea history, in my time here.

“The amount of endless hours my staff have put into recruitment, to all the fine details to get us to this level to make sure that when we are in this position, we can close it out, with the quality of the training, the quality of the personnel, the quality of recruitment, the quality of the analysis.

“I know that thousands of hours have gone in to getting this win today. I’m extremely proud and grateful.”

Having praised her players, Hayes was quick to stress the need for improvement ahead of a semi-final meeting with either Bayern Munich or Rosengard.

“For me what I wanted was a brave performance from the team,” she added. “I had complete confidence that we would get the win but when the players cross the line they had to deliver that.

“We had belief from winning the first leg. We didn’t play well, we were probably 60 per cent of what we are capable of. We reflected on what we needed to do, and we got all the details right.

“I’m proud, buts it not enough, I want more.”