Bompastor hails Chelsea’s ‘perfect start’ but says team ‘still have a lot of improvement’ to make

SONIA BOMPASTOR wants Chelsea to enactment focused connected world successful their rubric hunt contempt their flawless grounds truthful acold this term. 

And the Blues brag thinks determination is much country for betterment from her undefeated broadside who bushed Manchester United 1-0.

Guro Reiten’s sixth top-flight extremity this play kept the rubric pursuit connected people for the league leaders astatine their Kingsmeadow fortress. 

Melvine Malard came adjacent to snatching a melodramatic precocious distant leveller for Man United with her thunderous changeable bouncing disconnected the crossbar. 

But Chelsea did capable to support their pb and unfastened a five-point spread connected Man City, who are second. 

And the nonaccomplishment for the Red Devils successful the WSL leaves the Blues arsenic the lone broadside unbeaten truthful acold this word aft 8 top-flight games.

Bompastor said: “In presumption of results it’s a cleanable commencement and a 100 per cent triumph record. But it’s important to enactment successful caput with reality. 

“This is truly bully successful presumption of confidence, but the world is adjacent if we bushed Man City, Arsenal and Man United, we haven’t won thing yet. 

“We request to support a bully equilibrium betwixt having the assurance from getting these bully results against the champion teams successful the league. 

“But we indispensable besides marque definite we support our mentality focused connected moving hard.

"We request to advancement and the bully constituent is we are winning games and getting points. 

“But we inactive person a batch of improvement, particularly erstwhile we person possession of the ball, being capable to clasp the shot much nether pressure."

Coming into the crippled United’s attacking ranks had been dealt a fittingness stroke with Ella Toone and striker Elisabeth Terland some injured. 

Starting successful their spot were seasoned guardant Rachel Williams and Brazil winger Geyse who was the Red Devils’ astir unsafe attacking threat. 

Man United began brightly with guardant Geyse starring the mode with immoderate almighty runs and decent crosses into the box.

But it was the hosts who would interruption the deadlock aft United keeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce brought Mayra Ramirez down successful the box. 

The game’s lone extremity was scored with Reiten rifling location from the punishment spot successful the 17th infinitesimal contempt Tullis-Joyce guessing the close way. 

United came adjacent to equalising successful the 2nd fractional with Geyse forcing Hannah Hampton to parry distant her changeable distant from the apical country

And Malard struck the woodwork successful the 90th minute.

But their hosts held retired with nonaccomplishment apt to spot Marc Skinner's broadside present 9 points down the league leaders. 

The Red Devils brag said: "Chelsea are moving distant with it. 

"All we tin bash is get closer, effort and decorativeness arsenic precocious arsenic we perchance can, and effort and decorativeness successful those Champions League places."