Everton boss Brian Sorensen believes his side have "nothing to lose" when they take on title-chasing Chelsea in the Women's Super League this weekend.
The Blues are currently fifth in the table, having edged Reading in a five-goal thriller last time out in the top flight. Chelsea, meanwhile, are four points off top spot with two games in hand on league leaders Manchester United, and are bidding to win their fourth successive WSL title.
Emma Hayes' side came out on top in October's reverse fixture at Walton Hall Park, but Sorensen believes his players have the potential to cause a major upset when they travel to Kingsmeadow on Sunday.
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"Hopefully we can play more freely," the Dane said in his pre-match press conference. "We have nothing to lose. They’re favourites, they need to win so we will try to do what we always do and play our style of football and see how far it can take us.
"Last time [Everton played Chelsea] the possession was fairly shared over the game. We dominated some parts, they dominated some parts which is of course to be expected.
"I think we’ve shown against a lot of teams this season we can compete but we need to make sure defensively and in the transitions especially that we’re spot-on. That’s where Chelsea are good at hurting teams.
"We also need to have the efficiency in the final third. We’re not going to get 10 big chances so with the few chances we have we have to be sharp."
Sunday's clash in the capital marks the start of a difficult run of games for Everton, who will take on three of the WSL's top four between now and the end of the season. However, Sorensen is relishing the opportunity to assess just how much progress his team have made over the course of his first season on Merseyside and believes the Blues are well-equipped to compete with some of the best sides in the league.
"We’re really looking forward to those games. It’s been a while since we played the top few teams so we’re really looking forward to seeing where we’re at in our process.
"We have a little say in where the title may go and maybe in who qualifies for the Champions League too. We will try to do the best we can and hopefully have some good games.
"We want to win every game. We haven’t been entirely happy with the points we’ve got over the last two months so now we need to see if we can pick up some points against the teams in the top half of the league.
"They have everything to lose, we can only gain something. No one is expecting us to take points from Chelsea in an away game but we’ll try."
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