Emma Hayes conceded that Chelsea are not yet taking part in their best soccer despite topping the WSL, however emphasised that getting three factors even when not firing on all cylinders is what it takes to win league titles.
The Blues have been actually made to work for their victory over Tottenham on Sunday, conceding two sloppy objectives and surviving a late Spurs combat again as they ran out 3-2 winners.
Manchester United’s 0-0 draw with Everton within the day’s earlier kickoff meant that Chelsea leapfrogged Marc Skinner’s facet on the WSL summit.
“What’s happy? It’s three points,” mentioned Hayes. “I understand what it takes to win leagues. And I’m telling you, it’s not easy to win a game of football – ask Man Utd that today.
“To win a league you’ve got obtained to win video games like as we speak the place it is not solely fairly, it does not even have every part go your means. Are there sloppy moments? Yes. Can you eradicate them? Yeah, they’re inside our management. I feel our focus and focus at instances left loads to be desired however I’ve pushed the life out of them in coaching this week – I can see a few of that on the market in the best way we drained.
“I didn’t know their [Manchester United’s] result, Erin [Cuthbert] told me it after the game so I wasn’t even aware of that. It shouldn’t surprise anyone, nor should it surprise you if Tottenham get a result today. I’ve been saying it all year; this is what we want for our league. It’s the best thing for the league that these games are really tight.”
Jess Carter, Lauren James and Guro Reiten have been on the scoresheet for the WSL champions, with James’ aim a very spectacular solo effort.
The Blues have been twice pinned again by Spurs, former Chelsea striker Bethany England equalising within the first half, and Nikola Karczewska organising a tense finale after halving the deficit with two minutes of regular time remaining.
But Hayes’s facet noticed out the victory, which means they’ve been close to flawless within the WSL since their shock opening day defeat to Liverpool, successful 10 and drawing as soon as.
“One thing I will tell you about our dressing room, we always talk about this; you’re never too good to lose, you’re never too good to concede – clean sheets are f****** hard to come by, like really, really hard to come by,” Hayes added.
“And yes there’s sloppy moments. As I said to the team in the huddle: I’d rather be in our position. I’d rather be top of the league and going into a Conti Cup semi final than not. And while we are not entirely at ‘our best’, what is ‘our best’? What does that look like? It’s about where we are at the end of the year that counts.
“I’m proud of three factors despite the fact that nothing was at its best. I feel generally you anticipate the workforce to look perfection in its entirety the entire time. We’re human, we’ve our weaknesses, we’ve our vulnerabilities, we’ve our power, however what we f****** do have is a lot resilience – we’ve it in abundance. To maintain discovering one thing.”
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