For the second year running it started with disappointment as Chelsea were dealt a loss in their opening game of the Women’s Super League season. This time, instead of a narrow and contentious defeat to title rivals Arsenal, it was a shock result against newly promoted Liverpool and three penalties going 2-1 in favour of the Reds.
For the five-time WSL winners, such alarm bells never sound very loudly and as Emma Hayes’ side have proved over the years, all that matters is how the season ends and who is top come that final whistle. So, an opening-day loss, even from the most unexpected of opposition, was nothing to worry about as the Blues ended up crowned champions yet again Sunday.
– Chelsea beat Reading, secure another WSL title
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We are told week in, week out, that the WSL is the most competitive it has ever been, yet while this is the seventh straight season in which the title has gone down to the final day, it’s the sixth time Chelsea have been involved. Indeed, not since missing out on the title on the last day of the 2014 campaign have Chelsea failed to win on the last (official) day of matches.
Save for a handful of seasons that have seen the title sewn up with a fair number of games still…
