Chelsea show why they’re champions
For 45 minutes, Chelsea looked every inch the powerful side that clinched a third consecutive WSL title last season. But the 45 before that was another worrying display on the back of a humbling opening-day defeat at Liverpool.
Manchester City chalked up 10 efforts at goal before Fran Kirby put Chelsea ahead with their first shot on target. Even then, City immediately struck a post in search of an equaliser.
Chelsea were fortunate to be in the game, let alone leading at half-time, yet it felt like a hallmark of champions that, somehow, they were ahead.
“Sometimes you’ve got to do that,” said Chelsea manager Emma Hayes. “First half, I thought we overplayed, we overdid it and went from underplaying a week ago to overplaying this week. We’ve got to find the balance, but it is the second game, I thought it looked like a second game of the season.