Sandy Baltimore's stunning strike on the stroke of half-time proved decisive, as the Blues claimed a huge three points against our title rivals and ended City's unbeaten start to the season.

The victory was particularly important after Chelsea dropped points in the league against Everton last weekend and suffered a Champions League stalemate against BK Hacken during the week.

Bompastor was delighted with the response from her players, highlighting the hard work and determination required to keep a dangerous City attack at bay.

'I am happy. Credit to my players. We showed a lot of character coming into the game today. It was not easy, especially on the back of the points we dropped in the league last weekend and in the Champions League,' the Chelsea head coach said.

'The players worked really hard, and the performance was a good one. Especially not to concede a goal against this side, Manchester City, so I think it was a strong defensive performance.'

One of the standout performers was young defender Veerle Buurman, who came on after just 12 minutes following an injury to Kadeisha Buchanan. She helped keep City's leading scorer Khadija Shaw quiet throughout the contest.

Bompastor was particularly pleased with the way the team dealt with the striker, while also praising Buurman's individual contribution.

'You know, when you come into this game, you try to keep her [Shaw] quiet as much as possible. When it is the case at the beginning of the game, that is good, but you have to do it for the whole game and the 90-plus minutes,' she explained.

'I felt Veerle Buurman had an exceptional game. Being young but being able not to let her have a lot of opportunities was a strong performance, but the whole team had a really strong performance in terms of the defensive aspect.'

Bompastor was also asked about Katie McCabe's message to the team to 'play like dogs' before the game, and was happy with whatever approach helped her players deliver on the pitch.

'If that makes them good and happy, then I'm happy for them to play like dogs or cats or whatever they want,' she added. 'We have shown this season that we are doing well in not being easy to break down, and today was another opportunity to show that. To do that against the top teams is a nice feeling.'