The Blues are searching for a sixth successive league title and their chances of lifting it were boosted on Saturday by a huge win at Stamford Bridge

Sonia Bompastor has made a record-breaking start to the season. How has the Chelsea manager improved what was an already formidable team?

For all the pre-match hype, this top-of-the-table tussle was not quite a box-office battle at the Bridge. It had the feel of a game of chess, as two world-class teams tried to problem-solve their way to a statement win,