Up and running
After Chelsea started their Women's Super League campaign with a shock defeat at Liverpool, a response was required at Kingsmeadow against Manchester City from Emma Hayes' side. That they fashioned a goalscoring opportunity inside the opening 15 seconds suggested that was going to come.
But the Blues weren't quite at their best during the opening period. Sam Kerr was abnormally quiet and while Fran Kirby constantly searched for space, she didn't see too much of the ball. There were a couple of eye-catching surges in possession from Lauren James – more on her shortly – but it was Guro Reiten who led the Chelsea attack in the first half.
