Blues head coach Sonia Bompastor reacted to her aspect’s 3-0 win in opposition to Liverpool within the Girls’s Tremendous League by discussing confidence, ending our winless run in opposition to the Merseyside membership, and balancing our optimistic begin to the marketing campaign with a want to maintain bettering.
Objectives within the first half from Mayra Ramirez and Guro Reiten and a late strike from substitute Aggie Beever-Jones helped the Blues declare a sixth consecutive league win.
The victory in Merseyside not solely retains our 100 per cent report intact, but in addition sees Bompastor develop into the primary supervisor to win their first 4 away matches within the WSL. Additionally it is the primary time the Blues have crushed Liverpool on the street since March 2019.
‘I am actually happy once more at this time with the efficiency and the three factors,’ Bompastor advised the media when requested if she has been stunned by our optimistic begin to the season in her post-match press convention.
‘I knew once I was coming to Chelsea that I used to be going to handle a squad with a whole lot of expertise and a membership with a whole lot of ambitions.
‘For me, the principle job is to ensure the gamers actually perceive the best way we wish to play collectively and what I count on from them. For the time being, with the great outcomes, they simply have a whole lot of confidence. It is good they will present themselves on the sphere.’
In the present day’s win ends a winless run in Merseyside in opposition to Liverpool, which Bompastor was requested about by the journalists. She mentioned: ‘I used to be conscious of that, however I did not speak in any respect with my gamers earlier than the sport about that. I feel that it is a new period and we’re in a distinct dynamic from final season.
‘We knew earlier than the sport that it could be a troublesome sport. We needed to have an awesome efficiency if we wished to have an excellent end result.
‘We have been actually centered on set-pieces as a result of we knew it was one in every of their strengths. We did effectively. We maintained a clear sheet within the sport. We conceded some corners and free-kicks, however we have been actually sturdy defensively and that is a part of our mentality – making issues arduous for the opposition.’
As she had mentioned earlier than the encounter with Liverpool, Bompastor insists there’s nonetheless extra to return from her aspect this season even with our spectacular begin.
‘Even when it has possibly been an ideal begin for us when it comes to outcomes, factors and likewise performances – we’ve not gained something but,’ Bompastor added. ‘We have to hold an excellent steadiness between confidence, which is actually necessary for the gamers, but in addition we have to hold our head on our shoulders and be in keeping with actuality. That is my job to ensure I preserve that steadiness.’