Arsenal boss Jonas Eidevall believes his side's Conti Cup victory over Chelsea has helped to inspire their recent upturn in form.
It was a difficult start to 2023 for the Gunners, who had gone three league games without a win and had also been dumped out of the FA Cup before triumphing over Emma Hayes' side at Selhurst Park in early March. The Conti Cup win ended Arsenal's four-year trophy drought and marked the first piece of silverware of Eidevall's tenure.
The result has also seemingly been the catalyst for Arsenal's revival in form; the Gunners having since won back-to-back league games by an aggregate score of 6-0. And Eidevall will be hoping his side can continue in that same vein when they take on Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday night.
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"I thought [the Conti Cup Final] was really good," he said in his pre-match press conference. "I think our performances after that against Liverpool and Reading have also shown that we're a team that's in a good place right now.
"I don't know if that's good or bad, but I felt with the preparation here for Bayern Munich, I have had a feeling of sharing less information with the players because I'm more assured that we already know what to do in those situations. Let's hope this is a good sign and not a sign of false security. But I choose to believe in the first one."
Arsenal finished top of their Champions League group after losing just one of their six group games, but their meeting with Bayern at the Allianz Arena could prove to be the toughest test of their European campaign so far. Alexander Straus' side are currently second in the Frauen-Bundesliga and have an exciting squad which included the likes of highly-rated England midfielder Georgia Stanway.
"We're playing against a team that also has good momentum. So I hope that will make for a really, really interesting matchup with two teams that come in with a lot of belief and a lot of self-confidence in their game plans," Eidevall said.
"Hopefully, that will be really good for the audience and also really good for us. We've played against teams that have had great home records this year already in the Champions League.
"To be fair, Lyon and Juventus are two teams that have excellent home records in the Champions League and we managed to draw in Turin and we won against Lyon. So we have respect for that, but we're but we shouldn't fear it."
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