Key occasions
Half time: Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool
The Blues have edged it and earn the lead however Liverpool have greater than held their very own. James and Van de Sanden are the 2 most harmful gamers on the pitch. This recreation is completely arrange for an thrilling second half.
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45+2 minutes: Liverpool get very fortunate. Hobinger shouldn’t be wanting and performs the ball again to Legal guidelines however Kerr is lurking and blocks the clearance, solely to see it bounce simply extensive. Not probably the most little bit of play from Liverpool.
45 minutes: 4 minutes added on.
42 minutes: Kerr is pulled down by Bonner contained in the centre circle to cease the Australian getting past her and going by on purpose. The referee rightly provides her a yellow for a really cynical foul. The ensuing free-kick is pinged into Legal guidelines’ arms.
40 minutes: The nook is shipped to the close to put up and flicked to the far. Bonner heads again throughout purpose however Chelsea scramble it away. Hobinger will get one other likelihood to ping the ball into the field however Musovic is there to punch clear.
38 minutes: Clark decides a method of stopping James is to place in a heavy problem on the ahead. It’s a truthful sort out and it leaves James on the bottom, which I think was the purpose.
Cuthbert tries to overplay inside her personal half and is dispossessed. Liverpool counter and Van de Sanden seems to be to drive into the field and wins a nook for her efforts.
36 minutes: James is inflicting all type of issues down the left. She performs a neat one-two with Charles and strides into area however for as soon as places in a poor cross, a lot to Liverpool’s aid.
34 minutes: A little bit of backwards and forwards between the 2 bins with out something of word occurring.
32 minutes: The damage to Nusken has allowed each units of gamers to tackle fluids and hearken to directions from their respective managers.
Nusken is up and wanders over to the aspect of the pitch. It seems to be like she shall be OK to hold on.
30 minutes: A cross is lifted into the Liverpool field however Nusken will get a whack within the head and play is straight away stopped.
28 minutes: Chelsea need to preserve the ball to not let Liverpool again into the sport like after the primary purpose.
26 minutes: That’s 4 in 4 for Beever-Jones.
James nearly will get her second of the match. She cuts in from the left and takes purpose for the far nook however Legal guidelines will get down nicely to cease her shot.
GOAL! Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool (Beever-Jones, 24)
James does the injury as soon as once more due to some nice work on the left. She crosses in completely for Beever-Jones to assault and he or she heads residence from six yards.
22 minutes: Van de Sanden leads a break up the pitch and slips the ball down the left. The cross goes into the field however Chelsea handle to clear. It’s actually end-to-end stuff at Stamford Bridge.
20 minutes: Beever-Jones and Cuthbert take pleasure in some neat interaction till Hinds takes down Cuthbert on the sting of the field. Perisset decides to shoot reasonably than cross from the free-kick and it goes nicely over.
17 minutes: James seems to be to dissect the Liverpool defence with a view to ship Kerr by on purpose however Clark intercepts to finish the hazard.
15 minutes: What a few minutes we’ve got loved. I think each coaches shall be calling for his or her gamers to cool down.
GOAL! Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool (Carter og, 13)
Liverpool go up the opposite finish and equalise. Van de Sanden spins Carter and sprints into the field. It seems to be like she has taken an excessive amount of time deciding whether or not to shoot or cross. She belatedly crosses and it bounces off Carter into the online.
12 minutes: Liverpool won’t be pleased with conceding. They gave the ball away on the midway and made all of it too simple for Chelsea to chop by them.
GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool (James, 11)
Talking of … Chelsea counter and the ball reaches James on the left. She drives into the field, exhibits some nifty footwork to depart the defender for defender earlier than calmly slotting into the nook.
10 minutes: Contemplating the attendance, Stamford Bridge is a bit of quiet at the moment. It looks like they want the workforce to offer them one thing to cheer reasonably than the supporters influencing the gamers.
8 minutes: Vibrant is sitting behind the Chelsea dugout wanting a bit of unimpressed about being omitted however they’ve a fairly hectic schedule within the coming weeks, so it’s comprehensible that Hayes is rotating.
6 minutes: Clark does nicely to win the ball off James however then kicks it straight out for a throw. Chelsea are actually wanting the livelier within the opening levels.
4 minutes: James spots Charles on the overlap down the left. The complete-back seems to be to place in a cross however it’s turned behind for the primary nook of the match.
The nook reaches James who takes a comparatively weak shot however Legal guidelines nonetheless feels the necessity to palm the ball away, placing Liverpool in a spot on trouble. Fortunately for the goalkeeper, Liverpool handle to clear.
The ball comes straight again at Liverpool. Cuthbert shoots on the right track however Clark diverts it over for one more nook.
2 minutes: Beever-Jones takes benefit of Fisk’s poor contact however doesn’t get far because the Liverpool gamers instantly journeys her.
Kick off
Peep! Peep! Peep! Right here we go!
Matt Beard: “We’re happy with how we’ve got began. We all know it’s going to be a troublesome recreation at the moment. We brought about Chelsea issues final yr within the three video games we performed towards them. We all know they don’t like taking part in towards us and we sit up for inflicting them issues at the moment.”
Emma Hayes: “My household are devastated – they’re Chelsea followers. It’s not on daily basis these alternatives come up. It’s not essentially one thing I believed I’d ever do however it’s the solely job that will take me away from Chelsea.
“After all I’ll play an element [in picking my successor]. We have now time, we’ll discover the proper candidate and you may be extraordinarily completely happy.
“I really feel like I’m abandoning my household, I really feel I’ve allow them to down. Each second I’ve to the top will really feel particular. I’ve all the time stated I hope to make the Chelsea followers proud. I’m not going but – there may be a whole lot of successful to do that yr.”
It’s estimated between 15,000 and 20,000 shall be inside Stamford Bridge at the moment.
Emma Hayes has been extremely success at Chelsea Women and her legacy would be the state wherein she leaves the membership.
Sir Alex Ferguson obtained on the blower to her this week to have a chat with Hayes and share his expertise.
“Something he says to me I all the time take with such satisfaction. He’s a legend of the sport and somebody whose opinion I worth and he has a love of America,” Hayes stated.
“We talked a bit of bit about that, a bit of bit about legacy, a bit of bit about leaving on the high. So there have been clever phrases from him. I’m positive it gained’t be the final cellphone name I get from him this season.”
What subsequent for Chelsea? Karen Carney takes a glance.
Suzanne Wrack on Chelsea’s use of Stamford Bridge and the way they may also help increase attendances.
Beginning lineups
Chelsea: Musovic, Ingle, Nusken, Carter, James, Perisset, Mjelde, Kerr, Charles, Cuthbert, Beever-Jones
Subs: Berger, Hampton, Fishel, Nouwen, Lawrence, Kirby, Fleming, Kaneryd, Buchanan
Liverpool: Legal guidelines, Koivisto, Clark, Bonner, Fisk, Hinds, Hobinger, Nagano, Holland, Roman Haug, Van de Sanden
Subs: Micah, Parry, Kearns, Lundgaard, Taylor, Lawley, Kiernan, Enderby, Flint
Preamble
That is Chelsea’s first residence recreation since Emma Hayes introduced she would depart the membership on the finish of the season. Chelsea are internet hosting their second match of the season at Stamford Bridge and shall be hoping for a superb turnout as they give the impression of being to capitalise on the expansion of the ladies’s recreation and their owns workforce success. Chelsea are high of the desk, unbeaten this season with solely two factors dropped, so shall be desirous to strengthen their place on the summit of the WSL.
Liverpool are having a formidable season, too. They’ve solely misplaced as soon as within the league, having began the marketing campaign with a shock win away to Arsenal. Supervisor Matt Beard believes the journey to Chelsea would be the “final problem” and can discover out all he must learn about his Liverpool aspect.
Let’s hope for a cracker.
Kick-off: 1.30pm GMT
