\n Erin Cuthbert impressed on her first start of the season, playing an important role in our 2-0 victory over Roma in the UEFA Women\u2019s Champions League. Afterwards the skipper explained how Chelsea were able to adapt to find a way through the Italians\u2019 stern defence.
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Second-half goals from Ellie Carpenter<\/a> and Kadeisha Buchanan<\/a> gave us the victory, making it back-to-home wins in Europe for the Blues and maintaining our unbeaten record in this season\u2019s Champions League.<\/p>\n However, we had to work hard for it, with Roma defending stubbornly and marking one-on-one to keep the scores level going into the half-time break at Plough Lane on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n Chelsea captain Cuthbert was making her first start of the season since recovering from injury and played a crucial role in midfield, with her vision and movement helping open up our opponents and provide the breakthrough.<\/p>\n \u2018I\u2019m happy with the result,\u2019 said Cuthbert. \u2018It was a tough game, Roma played really well, so credit to them. They made it really difficult.<\/p>\n \u2018I think it’s really tough in Europe when you play against a player-to-player structure, how you try and move them, get them out of position. So Hannah [Hampton] was making a few really nice long balls and getting us in behind a couple of times, and it’s a very transitional game and we made it that as well.<\/p>\n \u2018The manager said: “How can you find ways to get in the half-turn, especially when you play against player-to-player?”. If you beat your direct opponent, the whole game opens up.<\/p>\n \u2018So it’s about being more positive on the ball, taking more positive touches, getting yourself in a better body position so that you can break pressure. So you\u2019ve always got to be alert with that.\u2019<\/p>\n