Chelsea manager Emma Hayes has highlighted her team’s performance against Manchester United in the WSL over the weekend as an indicator of ‘why the squad matters’.
The Blues won the game 1-0 to go top of the WSL, leapfrogging United with a game in hand still to play and taking firm control of the title race in their quest for a fourth successive triumph.
When the starting XI was announced an hour prior to kick-off, there was no Guro Reiten, no Erin Cuthbert and no Jelena Cankovic, while Fran Kirby and Pernille Harder also remained sidelined.
It potentially gave a full strength United…
