Arsenal refuse to buy into Chelsea boss Emma Hayes’ mind games ahead of FA Cup final

Arsenal refuse to buy into Emma Hayes’ mind games ahead of FA Cup final as Chelsea boss insists there is not any rivalry with Gunners supervisor Jonas Eidevall

• Chelsea tackle Arsenal in girls’s FA Cup final at Wembley on Sunday
• Emma Hayes and Jonas Eidevall have exchanged verbal barbs prior to now
• Arsenal supervisor prompt Chelsea had a neater schedule than his staff
• Hayes replied Arsenal’s accidents have been down teaching relatively than fixtures record

By Kathryn Batte For The Mail On Sunday

Published: 17:47 EST, 4 December 2021 | Updated: 18:43 EST, 4 December 2021

Emma Hayes may declare in any other case, however the Chelsea supervisor heads into the ladies’s FA Cup final together with her rivalry with Arsenal counterpart Jonas Eidevall simmering.

The first indicators of it have been evident in Eidevall’s fist-pumping celebration after Arsenal defeated their London rivals 3-2 of their first recreation of the Women’s Super League season, his first aggressive match in cost.

Last month, Eidevall criticised Arsenal’s ‘almost inhuman’ schedule, suggesting Chelsea have been given a greater deal. He added that the hamstring harm to Arsenal’s Leah Williamson was partly attributable to overloading.

Emma Hayes will lead Chelsea into the ladies’s FA Cup final on Sunday at Wembley

Hayes later mentioned: ‘Coaches injure players.’

Asked concerning the pair’s private competitors, Hayes mentioned: ‘I don’t see a rivalry between me and the supervisor. I barely know him. He’s introduced good issues to the league, he’s been an excellent addition for them, he’s introduced an excellent mentality to their staff.’

Others, nevertheless, are unconvinced by such diplomacy. With Chelsea trailing leaders Arsenal within the league by some extent, Gunners captain Kim Little was requested about Hayes’s declare that Chelsea weren’t their foremost rivals. ‘I think she’s taking part in mind games,’ she mentioned, laughing.

Hayes celebrated with Thomas Tuchel as Chelsea have been named membership of the 12 months final week

Arsenal supervisor Jonas Eidevall has traded barbs along with his Chelsea colleague

Arsenal captain Kim Little mentioned Hayes was taking part in ‘mind games’ ahead of the FA Cup final

Faye White, the previous Arsenal captain, mentioned: ‘Emma is very good with words and playing mind games — whether that’s to her gamers or the media. She’s good at saying the best factor on the proper time to get these rivalries and people reactions from her gamers.

‘I remember before the semi-final she said, “Oh yeah, we want Arsenal”. She’s excellent on the psychological stuff. Some folks see by means of it, some folks don’t. Everyone reacts barely otherwise.’

Eidevall first met Hayes throughout a go to to the Japanese FA in 2013. ‘She’s clearly constructed one thing very, very sturdy at Chelsea,’ mentioned the Arsenal boss. ‘I have massive respect for what she has done.’ 

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