Chelsea target unbeaten season after ‘perfect’ day

After defeating Arsenal, Chelsea moved nine points clear of the top of the Women’s Super League table, according to defender Lucy Bronze, who says they “want to go the season unbeaten.”

The Blues have won 11 of their 12 matches in the WSL this season, and also booked their spot in the Women’s Champions League knockout stages, reached the Women’s League Cup semi-finals and will play in the fifth round of the Women’s FA Cup.

Since taking over from Emma Hayes in the summer, manager Sonia Bompastor has not lost a game in any competition.

“We’re trying to win four trophies and that’s difficult”, Bronze told BBC Two after their 1-0 win over Arsenal on Sunday.

“We wanted to get a good stretch of points]to be in a good position] when we’re in the thick of it in March, April and May. It’s difficult]then] and you might drop points but we’re in a good place now and we’re on the up. We want to go the season unbeaten.

” There’s records out there to break. Chelsea’s a team that has always wanted to do that.

Chelsea have gone unbeaten in the WSL on two occasions in 2017-18 and 2019-20, while Arsenal did the same in 2012-13.

Arsenal won the quadruple of all competitions between 2006 and 2007, making them the only English team to not lose in all of them in the modern era.

Chelsea hopes to emulate that success, but Bompastor was quick to point out that despite having a solid lead in the WSL, they have “not won anything yet.”

“That]going unbeaten] is not what I’m thinking at the moment. I’m really pleased with the result. As you could see in the game, it was really fine margins”, she said.

These performances “are on the edge.” Although it can go either way, it ended up going our way, which I’m really pleased about.

We simply want to take it one step further and ensure that we make the right choices to achieve the best outcomes. We are far away yet from winning something. “

Chelsea’s players and staff celebrated at full-time when Bompastor revealed she had given them an extra day off following a “perfect” afternoon.

Before the match, the team revealed Naomi Girma, a woman’s world record signing, to the crowd, who also had a buzz.

In terms of that announcement and the outcome, it was “the perfect afternoon.” It’s great news for all the Chelsea fans, “said Bompastor.

” I would say in terms of psychological elements,]the victory is] huge for sure, but you know we have a lot of games to be played.

“We’ll have to play really big games,” he said. The Champions League will take place in March. It will not be easy.

While Chelsea’s quadruple hopes build, defeat all-but ends Arsenal’s WSL title challenge.

Manager Renee Slegers acknowledged that the situation was “a bigger mountain to climb,” but there is still a glimmer of hope despite a 10-point gap to close.

” We are very aware of that. You never know when other teams will slip, she continued, adding that we already had our slips at the start of the season.

All we can do is to continue playing and winning our games.

You never know what the future holds, but we knew it was crucial if we wanted to keep the sparks in the title race to win.

Slegers, who have won 13 games without losing in any competition since replacing Jonas Eidevall, had an unfamiliar feeling of defeat.

First as interim, now as permanent manager, Slegers has steadied the ship and Arsenal had built momentum prior to Sunday’s trip across London.

Slegers said she saw plenty of promising things coming up for the future despite being disappointed by the outcome.

“Of course, I’m very pleased with the run so far, having not lost a game,” she continued. That says something about where we are at as a team”, said Slegers.

“I just believe we played against a very strong team, and it had a very tight opening.”

” We have a strong enough foundation. I believe the players also do that, too, I believe. This doesn’t define us. We obviously wanted to win, so I’m very disappointed.