Erin Cuthbert interview: Chelsea midfielder talks challenges of quadruple bid

If you want to get an insight into what Chelsea's culture is like under Emma Hayes, just spend a few minutes with Erin Cuthbert.

The Scottish midfielder is a self-confessed "mini-me" of the departing Chelsea manager. That's what spending the last seven years together at the club gets you.

"Because we've worked together for so long, I've started responding to situations like Emma," Cuthbert tells Sky Sports from the Chelsea training ground.

"Emma doesn't like to waffle along, she likes the answers. She doesn't listen to anything before it or anything after it, she only listens to the most important part. She's very factual, and that's it. That's the same as me now."

That's one similarity between Cuthbert and Hayes. Another is how they both agree that Chelsea play best when faced against adversity.

Take the 3-1 win over Arsenal earlier this month, a match branded as a Women's Super League title decider. Off the pitch, Hayes admitted the club had a "tough day" in the 24 hours leading up to the match due to the manager's views on player-player relationships, creating challenging conversations with her squad and noise off the pitch.

Then nine days later, Chelsea faced a difficult moment on the pitch at West Ham. The Blues were below-par in the first-half and only an officiating mistake prevented them from being pegged back. Given West Ham also struck the woodwork and missed more glaring chances, Chelsea were lucky not to be behind.

Yet in both incidents, Chelsea bumped Arsenal out of the WSL title race by winning 3-1. In the second half at West Ham, the Blues' opponents failed to touch the ball in their box for the rest of the game.

They won that game 2-0 too, with a Cuthbert thunderbolt sealing the important win to take them back to