On the sidelines with five minutes to go at Stamford Bridge, Sonia Bompastor hopped up and down. Wearing her familiar hoodie and blazer combination, she was on the cusp of becoming the first manager to win her first seven Women’s Super League matches. But, despite Chelsea’s 2-0 lead over Manchester City, she thought there was plenty to still remonstrate about.
“Sometimes I get frustrated when it’s a simple situation and we give the ball away,” Bompastor said in the press conference after the statement victory, when asked about her personality on the touchline.
“But when we scored, I was really enjoying it because scoring two goals against Man City… that’s a really great performance.”
You wouldn’t know in those frustrated touchline moments that Bompastor had just completed a useful treble; winning the three WSL fixtures Chelsea had lost last season, her team scoring seven times in those matches and conceding only once. The team who won a fifth consecutive WSL title last season are now top of the league and nine points up on a game-by-game basis compared to last season.
Saturday’s win was thanks to goals from Mayra Ramirez and Guro Reiten, who scored in the 75th and 79th minute. Ramirez’s moment saw her brush off City centre-back Alanna Kennedy to bear down…
