In the beginning of the season London City Lionesses might have had higher targets for the season. At the moment they seem happy to be in the Women’s Super League midst, several points away from relegation in their first ever season with England’s top teams.
This kind of mentality was clear in their approach to today’s game. They have a pretty good squad but they played the first half as if this was a cup tie. The result was a barrage of Chelsea attacks where eventually we broke their tight defence via Johanna Rytting Kaneryd.
A single goal out of 10 attempts is not that bad, but we could do better. And we needed better if we wanted to win today as London City started to grow into the match in the second half.
Hannah Hampton, who barely had any work to do in the first 45 minutes of play, had a sudden change of pace. She did what she could to keep us afloat but you can only go so far when the team in front of you gives up on defending.
It could have been much worse if Hampton wasn’t between the posts in the ensuing attempts from goalscorer Isobel Goodwin. And when we tried to make up for several minutes of absence from offensive play, it was all too late.
* Lexi Potter and Chloe Sarwie getting starts today.
* Plenty of effort upfront to get a single goal in the first half.
* What was this second half effort from Chelsea? Just a baffling performance.
* Next up: Arsenal away in the first leg of the UEFA Women’s Champions League quarter-final.
* KTBFFH.
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