Chelsea defender Lucy Bronze says their Women’s Champions League victory over Real Madrid is a good start but “playing like that, we won’t win the competition”.
The England international has won five European titles with former clubs Lyon and Barcelona.
Chelsea won 3-2 at Stamford Bridge in their opening group match on Tuesday but gave Real opportunities to come back into the game.
“We gave up goals easily. We were the better team on the night, we possessed the ball in spells really well and our goals were really well taken – but we should have put them to bed early on when we were 3-1 up in the second half,” added Bronze.
“We were playing quite well so we could have scored another and not let them back into the game.
“In the Champions League, when you let a team back in, they can punish you.”
Bronze was part of the Barcelona squad who suffered defeat by Chelsea in the first leg of their Women’s Champions League semi-final last season but the Spanish club recovered to reach the final and win back-to-back titles.
“Both playing for and against Chelsea, I know there is the talent and the competitiveness to win the Champions League [in the squad],” the 32-year-old added
“This team has beaten the best teams in Europe in Barcelona and Lyon, and I think this year we are going to have improved on last year.
“We are poised to push on, we need to improve a lot on tonight but we are in a good position and I think by the end of the season we will be in a really good place.”
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