{"id":9859,"date":"2022-12-23T02:52:19","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T02:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/chelsea-3-0-psg-emma-hayes-calls-champions-league-win-favourite-performance\/"},"modified":"2022-12-23T02:52:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T02:52:20","slug":"chelsea-3-0-psg-emma-hayes-calls-champions-league-win-favourite-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/chelsea-3-0-psg-emma-hayes-calls-champions-league-win-favourite-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea 3-0 PSG: Emma Hayes calls Champions League win ‘favourite performance’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Sam Kerr produced the pick of the goals as Chelsea extended their unbeaten run to 15 games with a 14th win during that sequence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chelsea manager Emma Hayes said her players produced their finest display of the campaign by cruising to top spot in Women’s Champions League Group A.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sam Kerr’s scintillating 20-yard drive and a double by the outstanding Lauren James ensured the Blues beat PSG before 10,129 fans at Stamford Bridge.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

“I thoroughly enjoyed the performance – it was my favourite of the season,” said Hayes, calling her team “superb”.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m so thrilled with the entire squad. The levels of commitment remain high.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Hayes added: “Most importantly, they’re learning and understanding our way of playing.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Chelsea ended the calendar year unbeaten in 18 home games and will discover their quarter-final opponents when the draw is made on 10 February.<\/span><\/p>\n

The visitors, who had also already qualified, started brightly as they chased the two-goal win they needed to finish top and provide an upset for the second-highest home attendance at an English club ever recorded in the Women’s Champions League.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kadidiatou Diani’s spectacular early effort almost put the Division 1 Feminine leaders ahead, forcing the backpedalling Zecira Musovic to tip her arrowed 40-yard drive on to the crossbar.<\/span><\/p>\n

PSG’s belief was punctured two minutes before the break when Kerr opened the scoring with a rocket of a strike that looked as composed as it was sublime.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chelsea swiftly doubled their lead in the second half, James starting and finishing the move by pouncing on a misplaced pass inside the penalty area and providing the final touch following a slick interchange linking Fran Kirby and Kerr.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kirby set up James’ second seven minutes later, locating her in front of goal after seizing on a perceptive Guro Reiten pass.<\/span><\/p>\n

English leaders light up Champions League<\/h3>\n

A year and six days ago, Chelsea crashed out of the Champions League with a 4-0 mauling at Wolfsburg in the group stage that left manager Emma Hayes rueing <\/span>“really, really difficult moments”<\/span><\/a> for her Covid-stricken squad.<\/span><\/p>\n

They are in rude health entering the Christmas interlude this year, reflected by their first European victory at Stamford Bridge – exorcising the memory of a <\/span>3-0 defeat by Wolfsburg<\/span><\/a> in their only previous game at the men’s stadium in the competition.<\/span><\/p>\n

They persisted in punishing PSG despite their opponents’ attempt to turn the tide with a string of substitutions, refusing to let up and almost adding a fourth at the end when a classy Kirby volley hit a post.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chelsea’s collective focus on their warm winter training camp will turn to the potentially pivotal game facing them on their return, when the WSL leaders face their closest challengers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arsenal signalled their own intent in Europe by winning their Champions League group with <\/span>a 9-1 rout of Zurich on Wednesday<\/span><\/a>, and their next incentive is to draw level on points with Chelsea by ending their opponents’ nine-game winning run in the league with victory at Emirates Stadium on 15 January.<\/span><\/p>\n

If either side can continue with the serene confidence they have shown on the continent this week, there could be more than a domestic title in sight for the WSL’s top two.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Chelsea Women<\/h3>\n

Formation <\/span> <\/span>4-2-3-1<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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1<\/span>Musovic<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

21<\/span>Charles<\/span><\/span>26<\/span>Buchanan<\/span><\/span>4<\/span>Bright<\/span><\/span>16<\/span>Eriksson<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

22<\/span>Cuthbert<\/span><\/span>5<\/span>Ingle<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

10<\/span>James<\/span><\/span>14<\/span>Kirby<\/span><\/span>11<\/span>Reiten<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

20<\/span>Kerr<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n