Chelsea’s 100 per cent file within the Barclays WSL this season has come to an finish as they performed out an entertaining 1-1 draw in opposition to Manchester United.
It took till December for Chelsea to drop factors within the league final time period, however they confronted a formidable Man Utd, who’re benefitting from the summer time arrivals of Julia Zigiotti Olme, Jess Park and Frida Rolfo.
Marc Skinner’s aspect had but to go behind in a WSL sport this season, however that run was additionally ended as Wieke Kaptein turned residence inside 10 minutes.
It was a wonderful workforce transfer that set her up too, together with a luxurious again heel from Catarina Macario as she held off Dominique Janssen at her again.
However Man Utd – who had drawn two early saves from Hannah Hampton – hit again quickly after. It was a surprising strike from Anna Sandberg as a Maya Le Tissier cross was cleared into her path. She then hit a thunderous volley previous Hampton for her first Man Utd aim.
Whereas the primary half was a moderately even affair, the pendulum swung between the 2 sides all through the second that one way or the other ended with none extra targets.
Man Utd dominated early on as Rolfo pinged an effort off the highest of the crossbar and substitute Melvine Malard additionally went shut with just a few efforts.
On the different finish, Alyssa Thompson examined Phallon Tullis-Joyce, who additionally stopped a positioned Keira Walsh effort late on. Aggie Beever-Jones – bringing an finish to her personal streak of scoring in every WSL sport thus far this season – might have received it in damage time too, however couldn’t convert Thompson’s cross on the again put up.
Regardless of their good file being over, Chelsea do stay two factors away from Man Utd on the prime of the desk, with each side nonetheless unbeaten this season.
Bompastor unbothered about finish of profitable run
Chelsea boss Sonia Bompastor: “I don’t care about our unbeaten run. The only thing I care is making sure we get the good results this season to grab the title, if possible.
“I feel it was a enjoyable sport to look at and this can be a good commercial for the ladies’s sport.
“I’m a little bit frustrated about the result because we want to play every game to win them.
“We could not tonight. I feel we had been a greater workforce within the second half, particularly with out the ball and we tried till the tip of the sport. I am so happy with my gamers on the very fact they tried till the tip to attain.
“As much as we have the desire to win every game, I think maybe not a bad result coming here, playing in Manchester, one of the toughest places to play, and getting a draw.”
Skinner ‘dissatisfied’ to not win however says level is honest outcome
Man Utd boss Marc Skinner advised BBC Sport: “It was two teams who wanted to win the game, a high level with and without the ball.
“It is in all probability a good level ultimately but it surely wasn’t for the dearth of each groups making an attempt to win it. It is a actually good sport for the impartial and a shared level might be the honest outcome.
“It was the most brave performance. We’re building. You can see it, you can sense it.
“We’re dissatisfied to not win the sport. The possibilities we created, not many groups might create that in opposition to Chelsea, so for us to try this and in the way in which we did it was credit score to them [the players].
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“The goal we conceded we won’t be happy with. We’ll take the point, we’ll move forward and enjoy the growth as we head into our first Champions League week.”
On placing down a marker for a title run: “We are going to make sure we do that in every other game for sure as best we can. We will give absolutely everything.
“It reveals to Chelsea they don’t seem to be simply going to stroll the league. We want to ensure everyone seems to be placing a problem in. I feel the league is getting higher and also you noticed the standard tonight that we’re progressing too.”
Park: We need to win these video games
Aggie Beever-Jones and Maya Le Tissier battle for the ball
Man Utd midfielder Jess Park advised BBC Sport: “We played really well, as did Chelsea. It was a brilliant game. There were moments when we could have taken the lead, we just need to be a bit more clinical and a bit cleaner with the ball.
“However there have been moments after we defended brilliantly… We’ll take the draw however we need to win these video games.
“We really competed, wanted to show we can compete. Obviously it’s frustrating because we wanted to take the win. We never want to settle for a draw.”
On being probably title contenders: “We’re always looking to win every game we play. You can see how creative we are being on the pitch. We are creating some moments, we just need to put them to bed. It’s really coming together.”
