"It is sometimes annoying when people say Manchester United are not in the Champions League - because we are!"
Man Utd Women face Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League next week.
"Manchester United in crisis. There will be no Champions League football at Old Trafford this season."
It is easy to get misled when you read any coverage of Manchester United. The men's first team dominates the media landscape, and when people refer to 'United', they so often use it as shorthand for Ruben Amorim's side.
Yet while 'United' failed so miserably last season, Mark Skinner's side did not. They finished third in the WSL, reached another FA Cup Final, and qualified for the Champions League for the first time in their history.
They overcame PSV and Brann in the qualification rounds and have won both matches in the league phase so far, including an away game against Atletico Madrid in which they had 10 players for almost an hour. Next week, they host French giants Paris Saint-Germain at Old Trafford: not bad for a club supposedly without any European football this season.
"It is really special to go to Old Trafford and you get a little bit more butterflies in your stomach when you know you are playing there and walking out on that pitch," defender Lisa Naalsund tells Manchester World. "We have shown ever since we started this women's team, before I came, that we are something to consider at this club.
"We are not just here as nobodies in this team. We are actually contributing, we are winning the cup final, we are playing Champions League and we are up there with the top teams in the league competing to win the league almost every season. We have proven that we are here to contribute to the team and for Manchester United to win stuff."
Naalsund hopes to become the latest Norwegian to write themselves into United folklore on the European stage, though she jokes that her brother and father are Liverpool fans, who might have preferred if she were playing at Anfield instead.
On Wednesday night, they will put any family rivalries aside as United host two-time runners-up PSG in the Champions League. It is the biggest match any United team has played this season and a chance for the Women to showcase the incredible work they have been doing to a bumper crowd.
Naalsund added: "It is sometimes annoying when people say that Manchester United are not in the Champions League - because we are! It doesn't upset us, but I hope in the future people don't say stuff like that, and they will say that the women's team is in the Champions League and are so proud of us being there.
"Sometimes there have been comments about us when we are doing well and they are doing badly, that we are the only good thing in the club. But most of the time, we hear about the negatives, and we are dragged down with them. Even though we want to be one unit, it is nice to be acknowledged."
Manchester United host Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday 12 November and tickets are available here.