Chelsea Women 2 – 0 London City Lionesses

Chelsea Women 2 – 0 London City Lionesses

Sam Kerr and Ellie Carpenter have been on track for Chelsea Women as the Blues edged a 2-0 win against London City Lionesses of their first London derby in the Women’s Super League.

It was the first time the two sides had met in a league game, however the two head coaches – Sonia Bompastor and Jocelyn Precheur – are well-known to each other from their time in France.

And as was the case across the channel, Bompastor received the better of her opponent – although it was removed from a snug win, with London City matching their illustrious counterparts for a lot of the game.

Carpenter – developing against the facet her spouse, Danielle van de Donk, performs for – put Chelsea into an early lead along with her first aim for the club.

Sandy Baltimore held the ball up splendidly down the left-hand facet before sending a ball fizzing via the box. Carpenter was unmarked at the again publish to fit dwelling.

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Ellie Carpenter opened the scoring for Chelsea against London City Lionesses in just over 5 minutes

London City had a strong enchantment for a penalty late in the first half. Sjoeke Nusken went into the again of Wassa Sangare as a nook was delivered. With no VAR and the referee not awarding the spot kick, nothing was given, although it was troublesome to inform on replay angles if Nusken touched the ball first.

The second half noticed each side responsible of losing alternatives. And for all of their good play, it was a late error from London City that allowed Chelsea to score another, with the Blues’ depth and high quality as soon as again evident.

Erin Cuthbert’s lengthy throw was initially met by the oncoming Elene Lete, along with her clearance reaching Poppy Pattinson. However, the latter’s contact was very heavy and instead the ball landed in Kerr’s path.

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Sam Kerr scored her second aim since her return from injury to make it 2-0 to Chelsea

She wanted no more encouragement to lob the goalkeeper, who was off her line, to make sure Chelsea stay unbeaten domestically under Bompastor.

The Blues keep one point ahead of Manchester City Women at the top of the WSL, who themselves beat West Ham Women on Saturday. London City stay in sixth place on 9 factors.

Campbell: Hard to inform if London City ought to’ve been given a pen

Megan Campbell on Sky Sports: “We’ve seen different angles three times and we’re struggling to figure out if it is or not. They [the officials] don’t have the luxury of having VAR.

“You can inform it is controversial. Nusken takes a defensive contact, Sangare steps in and tries to nick it in entrance of her.

“Nusken isn’t aware that she’s around her maybe but you can’t really tell if she’s touched the ball before the player.

“She has touched the participant, it is whether or not she’s touched the ball first.”

Bompastor: Everyone contributed to today’s result

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Chelsea Women striker Sam Kerr celebrates her aim against London City Lionesses

Chelsea head coach Sonia Bompastor to Sky Sports: “I’m really pleased with the result and performance. It’s never easy to win after the international break, you never have time to prepare the game the way you want to.

“Today, we did not have the power we needed to have. It was a team performance and a extremely good result.

“Overall, we had a good game defensively, we didn’t concede a lot. We kept the clean sheet also so it’s good when you want to have a good result.

“I’m pleased with all of my gamers, however also pleased with Sam and Ellie [for their goals]. The Aussies scored for us today so it is actually good… however everybody contributed to the result so I’m happy for that.”

On Hampton keeping a clean sheet and stopping London City from scoring for the first time this season: “Hannah is such a terrific skilled. She’s a terrific participant and nice for me to have her in my team.

“I really think she’s the best goalkeeper in the world so it’s better to have her in my team that somewhere else.”

Chelsea goalscorers happy to be on the scoresheet

Ellie Carpenter to Sky Sports:
“Every game after the internationals is hard, however we had a strong team performance and got here out with three factors, which is the most important factor.

“I couldn’t be prouder to score my first goal and help the team secure the three points.”

Sam Kerr to Sky Sports:
“It’s always good to play in entrance of the Chelsea followers, particularly at the Bridge. I’m just glad to be again and playing and having fun with my soccer.

“I feel good. It’s about fitness and getting more minutes, I obviously love to score goals so it’s always nice to do that.”

Prechuer upset with result, however not performance

London City Lionesses head coach Joceyln Precheur to Sky Sports: “We’re quite disappointed about the result, but not about the performance. We showed another phase compared to previous games against the top four.

“We still have some points the place we have to enhance however we created many probabilities and against Chelsea, it isn’t that simple. I appreciated the mentality we had, we fought until the end.

“We had six or seven real chances and that’s where there was a lack of efficiency because we at least have to score one or maybe two.”

On conceding early on: “My game plan was to hold on for at least 20 or 25 minutes and after five minutes, they scored.

“But we have been ready for that, we had a superb probability on the transition after. But as soon as they score, we have to return to the game project and try to have possession.

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