The WSL is not a three-tier league, it’s a four-tier one, because the reality is that Chelsea are operating in a league of their own. A 1-0 win for Sonia Bompastor’s side over closest rivals Arsenal means they remain unbeaten and sit top with a surely unassailable nine-point lead.
To rub salt in the wounds, Naomi Girma, a player US manager Emma Hayes described as the best defender she’s ever seen and a player Arsenal were priced out of the running for, was unveiled to the fans on the Stamford Bridge pitch prior to kick-off, her recruitment to an already stacked side symbolic of the gap between the Blues and the rest.
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