Having conquered a tricky test against Paris Saint-Germain in Europe on Thursday, the Blues face a quick turnaround with Brighton & Hove Albion our next assignment. A win would see us stretch our winning run to four consecutive league matches and five games in all competitions.

Chelsea have recorded back-to-back wins since returning from the international break, a period we are navigating in the absence of manager Emma Hayes. The Blues have also been without forward Fran Kirby and Green provided a welcome update on the forward after the game in Paris.

‘She's making progress. We're hoping she'll come into the squad for the weekend but we'll have to see once we land back in the UK, check in to see how she's doing but she is getting better,’ he said.

‘We'll probably know more Saturday but in an ideal world she would be well enough to come back in. We just need to check with the medical team where she's at and if she needs to do any training ahead of the Brighton game with us, probably only having one training session ahead of that game.’

A hectic fixture schedule presents physical and mental challenges for the players with just three days between our game in Paris and the match against Brighton. Green believes experience and squad depth are crucial to keeping the players fit and healthy.

‘It's about getting that mixture right of recovery and rotation. The players are well equipped to deal with this. They've been dealing with this type of schedule for a number of years now, with us being always in the Champions League and always going deep in competitions, so the three games a week over a few weeks off the back of international duty is pretty normal for our squad.

‘It is tricky to deal with but we've got a lot of experience in our staff dealing with it and making sure the players are fit and fresh come game day. If certain players aren't then that's when we've got to rotate and get those selections right to make sure that we can keep everybody fit and healthy for the whole season.’

With Brighton, Vllaznia and Aston Villa all to come before the end of October, an evening kick-off this Sunday buys some recovery time but Green alluded to an element of squad rotation during this run of matches.

‘It will help in terms of recovery and with having so many games in such a short timeframe. We've still then got Vllaznia on the Wednesday and then Aston Villa at the weekend, so we've got to get the recovery right, get the perhaps rotation right in the selections, and make sure we've got a team that's going to be good enough to keep rolling out the wins.

‘I think there will be some rotation. You have to with so many games in a short space of time so whether that's against Brighton midweek or against Vllaznia, you'll have to wait and see.’

Brighton won their first home league game of the season and held the Blues to a goalless draw the last time we met. Green is expecting a difficult game this time and is determined is extend our winning streak.

‘We know Brighton over the last few years have been a difficult opponent for us so we take them very seriously. We know on their best day they can be stubborn and make it difficult for teams and they do have a little bit of quality in the squad, so we know we've got to go there, recover from tonight's game very, very quickly and start to work towards Brighton because we need to keep the winning run going.’

‘We've got full respect for Brighton, we know how tricky an opponent they can be and how well set up defensively they are, particularly against us. If you look at the results over the last two or three years, they have been a stubborn opponent for us. We go there knowing we need to find the way to unlock them defensively and ultimately get the win that we need.’

With Kadeisha Buchanan and Eve Perisset contributing to a new look defence, while captain Magdalena Eriksson features more regularly at left-back, Green says time is a key factor in helping players to develop an understanding as we pride ourselves on keeping clean sheets.

‘The more you play together as a unit, you're going to build those relationships. I don't think necessarily us conceding goals has been down to that. I think some of it’s been sloppy set-pieces that we've given away and not dealt with, rather than it just being the back-three or back-four issue.

‘I'm sure those players playing more often with each other means they are going to get to know how they play and against PSG was probably the best we've seen from that unit. We hope it continues throughout the season so we get back to not conceding many goals, which has been the benchmark of our success over many years, how many clean sheets we've been able to keep over that time.’