Chelsea boss Emma Hayes said her players are sometimes “taken for granted” after their success in recent years.
The Blues return to the Women’s Super League on Wednesday against Aston Villa after consecutive cup defeats in their last two games.
Arsenal beat them in the League Cup final on 31 March before Sunday’s FA Cup defeat to Manchester United.
They are second in the WSL, three points behind leaders Manchester City.
Hayes has won the WSL title in each of the last four seasons and the FA Cup in the last three, in a 12-year period that ends this summer when she takes charge of the United States.
“I just want the players to go out and have fun tomorrow,” Hayes said. “I want them to play in front of a crowd that I really hope will appreciate this group of players.
“I believe that this team over a number of years has provided this club and these fans with a lot of success, and sometimes I feel that the players are taken for granted because of this.
“I care that they realize that the level of success we’ve had is hard to achieve all the time, to keep winning and winning and winning. I’m proud that we continue to do this, even if it doesn’t always go our way. We have to get up and go again.”
Despite the obvious disappointment of seeing their quadruple hopes ended in consecutive games, Chelsea can still win a WSL and Champions League double, and Hayes has challenged his players to “show up”.
“In an ideal world, you go into the summer with a medal that you can take with you. No one wants to go into summer with just memories,” she said.
“But we won a lot. It’s not like we don’t know what that feels like.
“There’s still a long way to go. We’re still in two competitions and we have to commit to this in the same way we have to everything else. We need to show up – that’s what I’m challenging the players to do. Show it in everything we do daily.”
‘A wounded animal is a dangerous animal’
Villa boss Carla Ward is hoping to face a Chelsea side reeling from cup disappointment – and is wary of opponents they won 6-0 the last time they met.
“A wounded animal is a dangerous animal,” Ward said. “It’s as clear as that. Emma and her team are mental monsters, we know that.
“They are suffering and you never want to play against a team that is suffering, especially a Chelsea team that are champions.
“They will want to react and I have no doubt they will react. They have world-class players, a world-class coach and they will be ready. They will want to put things right to ensure they stay on the right path to winning the League.”
