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If this is Chelsea successful a caller era, it seems they are heading successful the aforesaid absorption arsenic their erstwhile 1 - towards much success.
Sonia Bompastor could not person hoped for a amended commencement to beingness successful complaint erstwhile taking implicit from Emma Hayes.
A 2-0 triumph implicit Manchester City astatine Stamford Bridge lifted Chelsea supra their rivals to apical the array and marque it 10 wins retired of 10 successful each competitions.
Bompastor becomes the archetypal WSL manager to triumph their archetypal 7 games successful complaint - a grounds she says is "there to beryllium broken".
"It’s not astir me," was the effect from Bompastor afterwards but determination was nary hiding her enjoyment arsenic the full-time whistle was blown successful London.
"When you are connected the touchline arsenic a manager you person a batch of emotions - sometimes frustration, sometimes happiness," said Bompastor.
"When I saw the 2 large goals, I truly enjoyed it. I cognize however hard it is to people against a truly bully Manchester City team.
"I conscionable wanted to bask it. You don't get that galore opportunities successful these large environments to get a triumph and a cleanable expanse against Manchester City - 1 of the champion teams successful Europe.
"Everything is astir perfect. If you don't bask it now, you volition ne'er bask it."
City had arrived successful London unbeaten, with memories of their stunning triumph implicit European champions Barcelona earlier this play inactive caller successful their minds.
But the nonaccomplishment of England guardant Lauren Hemp harmed them and successful "a crippled of errors", arsenic Manchester City brag Gareth Taylor described it, Chelsea showed their ruthless streak.
A cagey first-half matter was turned connected its caput erstwhile Mayra Ramirez shrugged disconnected Alanna Kennedy and Alex Greenwood to slot successful Chelsea's opener, and 4 minutes aboriginal Guro Reiten made it 2-0.
It was a important result, albeit truthful aboriginal connected successful the season, with Chelsea's crippled successful manus giving them a wildcard successful the rubric race.
They beryllium 2 points wide astatine the apical having already played City and Arsenal - a scary imaginable for those hoping to disrupt their pursuit of a sixth successive Women's Super League title.
"Maybe astatine the infinitesimal the absorption tin deliberation [we are the squad to beat] due to the fact that we person had 7 wins successful a enactment successful the league," said Bompastor.
"Joining Chelsea, I was truly aligned - and inactive americium - with the imaginativeness and the ambitions. We are the holders successful this competition.
"If everyone thinks we are the squad to beat, that's good for us. As a manager, I emotion to clasp the pressure. That's the job."
It was by nary means a implicit show by Chelsea, though.
Both sides had spells of pressure, with neither taking control.
Manchester City striker Khadija Shaw was talented a accidental to marque it 1-0 successful the archetypal fractional erstwhile Sandy Baltimore's wayward backmost walk played her in, but the WSL's top-scorer did not instrumentality the opportunity.
The 2nd fractional continued to beryllium riddled with errors but Chelsea yet took vantage and were capable to wrapper up triumph erstwhile not astatine their best.
Bompastor said connected Friday they "had a program to deal" with Manchester City's domination of possession and it worked, contempt their visitors having 63% of the ball.
"It was a antithetic benignant of performance," said Chelsea midfielder Erin Cuthbert.
"We person dominated a batch of games possession-wise but contiguous we were blessed to beryllium down the ball, beryllium compact.
"It was much of a accepted show - but Sonia is simply a victor and volition bash immoderate it takes to win. We got the tactics spot on."
With cardinal players inactive acceptable to instrumentality - strikers Sam Kerr and Mia Fishel are recovering from anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, so excessively now has defender Kadeisha Buchanan, portion England guardant Lauren James and defender Niamh Charles person besides been missing - Chelsea are lone apt to get better.
And possibly the scariest happening is that they inactive stay acold from their best.
"Maybe 1 of my strengths - and the staff's - is that we cognize precisely however we person to perform. We person a wide imaginativeness connected what we person to bash to execute our goals," said Bompastor.
"At the infinitesimal we are performing, getting bully results, but determination is inactive tons of country for improvement. We person players injured who tin travel into the squad.
"Sometimes radical deliberation due to the fact that you person the bully results, that’s enough. For me, that is not enough. I cognize precisely what we person to bash to get adjacent better."
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