Karen Duggan

Obviously, you've got Girma coming back in that game.

brings a lot of athleticism to the back line Thompson then stretches all of the defence running at Clare so there's a lot of space for the full backs to get up and support but I think you're right Carpenter like say for the third goal I think there was a pretty like weak cross play to her or pass play to her she had no right to get there but she just like put the burners on and zoomed past the West Ham defender and

it led to the Thompson goal but yeah she's been brilliant for them and they don't need to worry about the can her and Bronze play together because Bronze can obviously go back further we've seen Carpenter kind of switch there there's

Yeah, they had a poor start, but I'd imagine Chelsea will keep the pressure piling on now that they're getting more and more players back fit.

Sam Kerr obviously coming off the bench again, so she's nearly there.

Obviously, a lot of competition now that Thompson and James are fit as well.

But yeah, you really are looking at the 1st of February.

If Chelsea win that, it's game on and you wouldn't put it past them just because...

They're so used to being in those high pressure situations.

It's just whether anyone can actually stop the Man City momentum, no matter how good Chelsea are, that momentum really can be very, very telling.

Yeah, not when you see how Arsenal and United are all playing.

It's hard to see them toppling them.

the afc and she can't come on because she has an earring in her ear that can't be taken out i mean like when things are going bad they're really going bad aren't they yeah um like how stuck in there was that earring like get the pliers out like find a way you read your team needs you get on the pitch you should know better anyway i i

we had a similar situation in a league match before one of the girls had a nose ring in and we literally had the players out and couldn't get her on and we just said bring someone else on we were down to 10 players it was criminal but like you know the rules you know the rules and yes maybe they should have just let her on with the plaster but like come on

I know, it's basic stuff.

There'd be a big fat fine for that, I think.

And even the penalty was harsh, like everything went against them.

The first and second goals were just one misfortunate, one terrible, and then the penalty, you know,

If it was a 2-0 loss, you take that as West Ham.

You kind of say, oh, there's something to work from here, the same way Everton did against Man City.