There was an unrecognisable look to Chelsea on Saturday. Normally this is the part of the season where they stand up and deliver, but defeat to Arsenal really rocked the boat – and it showed in their head coach.Sonia Bompastor’s admission that the Women’s Super League title is ‘probably gone’ grabbed all the headlines in the league. The serial winner, with the mentality monster squad, handing in the towel with nine games to go.
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Highlights of the Women’s Super League match between Chelsea and Arsenal.
Fast forward a few days later, sat in a room in Chelsea’s training ground, the mood seems to have switched slightly.
The title is not ‘probably gone’ anymore. It’s Man City vs Chelsea on Sunday. League leaders vs reigning champions. Her team beat that in-form City team recently in the League Cup semi-finals. There’s one last chance for Chelsea.”The game on Sunday is a must-win game for us,” Bompastor tells Sky Sports. “It will define our season for sure, in the league.
“I’ve told my players that I’m convinced we have a lot of quality in the squad, we have enough quality to beat every team in this league – starting from Sunday.
“It’s a big game, although one but we have already proved we are able to beat that team, every when they were in a really good dynamic. We expect the same, but it takes a lot of things to be able to achieve that.”
So what has changed in the Chelsea camp? While Bompastor was keen to move forwards from last weekend’s defeat at Stamford Bridge, a history lesson took place.
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Speaking on Pitch to Pod, Nikita Parris and Jordan Nobbs discuss whether or not the title race is over for Chelsea after dropping points to Arsenal.
Go back two years ago, Man City led Chelsea by six points at the top of the WSL table with as little as two or three games to go in the season.Like Bompastor did on…
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