Yui Hasegawa turned the ball into her personal web to assist Sonia Bompastor declare her first trophy in command of Chelsea with a 2-1 Ladies’s League Cup last win over Manchester Metropolis at Pleasure Park.
With a quadruple firmly on the agenda for brand new boss Bompastor, it was her undefeated Chelsea who drew first blood when Mayra Ramirez bundled within the ball following a sweeping counter-attack (8).
Nonetheless, regardless of Ramirez spurning an opportunity to web a second after rounding Ayaka Yamashita, Metropolis, led by interim boss Nick Cushing, dominated the early exchanges.
And it appeared as if Chelsea’s League Cup last hoodoo would reign supreme as Metropolis discovered a deserved equaliser by Aoba Fujino’s rifled effort after the break (64) – Chelsea had beforehand misplaced three successive League Cup finals since they final received it in 2021.
However for all Metropolis’s efforts underneath Cushing, simply 5 days after he took over from the dismissed Gareth Taylor, a late Chelsea transition noticed Ramirez pull again a cross from the byline and, in an try and clear, Hasegawa sliced the ball previous her personal goalkeeper.
A 3rd League Cup victory ensures a fifteenth main honour for Chelsea and sees Bompastor’s facet start their run of 4 video games towards Metropolis in 12 days with a win.
Vibrant: We at all times discover a approach to win
Chelsea captain Millie Vibrant to the BBC:
“We are just buzzing and things like that sit in your mind and it has certainly been doing my head in for a long time.
“We’re actually blissful and it’s the begin we needed for these subsequent 4 fixtures and, extra importantly, right now was all about successful and that’s what we did.
“It was always going to be a tight game. They had chances, we had chances. We defended really well front to back and should have put a couple more chances away. The mentality to never give in is something that Chelsea have had in their DNA for a long time. We always find a way to win whether it’s a good day or a bad day.
“Now it is relaxation, get better and go once more. It is a unusual interval for each groups. Now we have by no means been on this place. Now we have to pay attention to potential modifications for the subsequent recreation.
“Absolutely not [celebrate the win]. Straight home, get back home to bed and back for recovery.”
Bompastor: I would like my gamers in mattress by 9.30pm!
Chelsea’s win tees off a run of 4 video games towards Manchester Metropolis in 12 days
Chelsea head coach Sonia Bompastor to the BBC:
“We are really happy for sure. You know when you’re in a final, it’s always the main thing is to win. The game was not easy but really happy with the win. First trophy in the season, it’s always important.
“I simply instructed my gamers it is actually vital that right now, we’re about to show the phrases into actions. We labored so laborious each day from the start of the season and right now was enormous positivity from the gamers to carry out and win a title. Actually pleased with that. I believe it is actually deserved for all the work we’ve got been doing.
“City had a good performance, it was a difficult game for us, we knew that. It was important again that we found a way to win today. That’s what I’m most of proud of.
“My gamers know precisely the foundations. I instructed them that it is vital to rejoice for certain, however we’ve got a recreation towards Metropolis on Wednesday and we’ll must be prepared as a result of once more, we anticipate a troublesome recreation.
“No [they can’t celebrate], they can just got out until 9pm. 9:30 in bed.”
