Manchester United manager Marc Skinner says facing Chelsea in the fifth round of the FA Cup is "rough luck" but part of the competition's "beauty".
Sunday's game is the showpiece fixture of eight matches over the next four days, with the current Women's Super League champions hosting second-placed United at Kingsmeadow (13:30 GMT).
It is a repeat of last season's FA Cup final, won by Chelsea, and Skinner was speaking on the day proposals to revamp the competition's format in favour of seeding the biggest teams were put on hold.
"We play one of the best teams in English history on Sunday in an early round," Skinner said. "That's the draw and we will give it everything. To play Chelsea is rough luck but is part of the game and the beauty of the cup."
Thriving on four fronts this season, United also face the Blues next month in the League Cup final at Ashton Gate (Sunday, 15 March) and Skinner recognises the improvements his team have made to compete at the highest level.
"The reality is that over many, many years, Chelsea have spent a lot of money and we're catching up," he said. "They have exceedingly high standards and have had more depth and ability to change games.
"We just haven't had that as we've grown. But we want to win the game and not worry too much about them. It doesn't do you any good in games if you respect them too much.
"We lost to them in the final last year so we want to try and resurrect that and get through to the next round."
