Chelsea juggernaut heads to Manchester United for trickiest WSL test so far

<p>It is more than 500 days since the Blues last lost a WSL game, but coach warns, ‘We did not achieve anything yet’</p><p>It has been more than 500 days since Chelsea last lost a Women’s Super League game. That sentence alone tells you how exceptional they are, and whichever way you frame the statistics they are daunting. How about “Sonia Bompastor is yet to lose a WSL game after 15 months in charge”, “The Frenchwoman has won 23 of her 26 WSL games without defeat” or “Bompastor is unbeaten in 34 domestic matches since moving to England”? All are true, all sound formidable, and – after four wins from four this term – they are showing no signs of letting up.</p><p>Who will bring this run to a halt? Eventually, Chelsea will lose a WSL match. It might not be this week, it might not be in 2025, it might not even be this season. Maybe it won’t even be during this parliament, but one day it will happen, and logic suggests that the fixtures where their streak has the highest probability of ending is in one of their away games against their main title rivals, Arsenal, Manchester City or Manchester United. On Friday, the latter of that trio will have their turn, and form-wise they have rarely been better placed to have a go at it.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/oct/02/chelsea-juggernaut-heads-to-manchester-united-for-trickiest-wsl-test-so-far-womens-football">Continue reading...</a>