Aggie opened the scoring, calmly dispatching debutant Ellie Carpenter’s cross, before wheeling away to celebrate with The Shed End on a special evening in SW6.

After the break, Maika Hamano doubled our lead, and although City found a consolation goal, we held on to the deserved victory. The forward, who netted the first WSL goal of the new season, admitted afterwards how much it meant to start the campaign with a win, particularly at Stamford Bridge.

‘Coming back to the Bridge, it feels like home now!’ Aggie opened, speaking after the victory pitchside.

‘On a personal level, I was really delighted to get a goal and to see Maika [Hamano] get her’s was really sweet as well.

‘Ellie put it on a plate for me today, so it would’ve been awful if I missed! She’s incredible. As a team performance, to come away with the win, it’s exactly how we wanted to start the campaign, and I’m really excited to keep going now.’

After an unforgettable summer away from club duty, helping England to European Championship success in Switzerland, Beever-Jones explained she had been eager to get going again with the Blues.

‘I was itching to come back,’ she said. ‘It was a really intense summer and an experience of a lifetime, but we had a few weeks off, and I was ready to come back here to continue what we built last year.

‘I think we played some really good football against City and we haven’t really been together for that long, so it’s something to build on. And to come back here to Stamford Bridge, it’s a special place anyway, but we have a game next week and I’m ready to get into it.’

It was another mature display from the 22-year-old forward, whose mindset is clear – focus on herself, while learning from those around her.

Aggie added: ‘I just tried to focus on what I can control. I want to keep improving where I can improve and make Sonia [Bompastor] happy. I look around the squad and I see world-class players so I just try to learn as much as I can from them, and equally show what I can do on the pitch.’