Leicester City’s decision to sack manager Amandine Miquel after promising to build a squad that fit her needs was a baffling decision. But there was nothing her former player can do but play their best
under caretaker manager Rick Passmoor.
The Foxes managed to outsmart the Reds and got the full three points in a home clash against Liverpool last weekend. They knew repeating such a feat against Chelsea in the Blues’ first match at Kingsmeadow this season would be a much harder task.
Playing with five defenders on the line against a lone Aggie Beever-Jones as centre-forward didn’t suffice. ABV herself got the opening goal as Chelsea did a good job keeping the ball in possession in the opposition box.
Going behind in the scoreline only seven minutes after kick-off didn’t bring Leicester’s fighting spirit down. In fact the opposite took place as Chelsea’s backline, perhaps still reeling from their last weekend’s performance, seemed ready to get Hannah Hampton in trouble a couple of times right after AVB’s goal.
Still Chelsea largely dominated the pitch. The ball was in their court to put this match to rest in the first half already.
Alas, it didn’t happen. In the second half things were by and large the same, and props must be given to a superb performance from Janina Leitzig between the posts. However we were able to beat her once for the winning goal. We could have very well done the same had we gotten more volume upfront.
Carefree!
- An apparent 5-3-2/5-2-3 which quickly became a 3-4-3 once Leicester started to show they would have problems dealing with our talent upfront.
- Three goals in three consecutive Women’s Super League matches. Take a bow, Aggie Beever-Jones!
- I understand going for a more conservative approach today as a test for future affairs. But games like today’s are the ones in which you take risks to build up on goal difference, something that has made a difference for us when it came to winning the WSL in Emma Hayes’ final season.
- Next up: West Ham away in the Women’s Super League.
- KTBFFH!
