Everton 0-5 Chelsea
Chelsea's Women breezed through their match at Everton on Sunday, with every team member gelling – just as Sonia Bompastor had hoped at the start of the new season.
The manager has now won her first five WSL games in charge; an all-time record. It is also seven wins from seven in all competitions.
It took just under a quarter of an hour for one-time Toffees loanee Aggie Beever-Jones to open the scoring. Her header was soon added to by goals from Erin Cuthbert (back from injury with a point to prove) and winger Guro Reiten, giving Bompastor's side a healthy lead at the break.
In front of 2,109 fans at an echoey Goodison Park, sub Wieke Kaptein and defender Ashley Lawrence added two more in the second half to make it look ridiculously easy for the Blues.
"I think we're doing a good job with the squad, and I'm really enjoying working with these players," said Bompastor, adding, of player-of-the-match Beever-Jones: "She's really talented. Sometimes she wants to start every single game, which is good because I really like it when players are competitive."
Chelsea travel back to Merseyside this weekend to face Liverpool in the St Helens rugby league stadium on Sunday lunchtime (it's live on BBC2) in their next WSL game, followed by a midweek journey to Glasgow in the Champions League.
Caicedo is on target
Meanwhile Chelsea's men returned from Old Trafford following a 1-1 scoreline; no surprise as Manchester United v Chelsea is the most drawn fixture in Premier League history.
But there will be disappointment this weekend if the Blues fail to take points off rivals Arsenal at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
Although the latest clash between Man Utd and Chelsea was underwhelming, a match of few chances did produce a rare on-target volley by midfielder Moises Caicedo to cancel out Bruno Fernandes' second-half penalty.
When the Ecuadorian, who turned 23 last week, gets the ball and shapes to shoot, the instinct is for spectators in the highest tiers of the stadium to cower.
So wayward has he been that the Old Trafford goal doubles the total he has scored for the club since joining on an eight-year contract in August 2023.
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