Chelsea face a huge Women’s Super League fixture on Saturday, when we host Manchester City at Stamford Bridge in a top-of-the-table clash.

After dropping WSL points for the first time since our opening game of the season, we now sit two points behind leaders Man City, but can retake first place with a home win this weekend.

However, the Blues will have to do so without the help of James or Girma, after our manager gave an update on the progress of their recovery from injury.

‘I think LJ is good, but I don’t think we expect to see her in this block,’ said Bompastor, in her pre-match press conference on Friday afternoon.

‘That’s the same for Nay. She’s now more in advance, not far from starting again to train with the team.

‘So both of them are doing good, but we won’t see them in this block with us.’

Even without those two, Bompastor still has plenty of talent at her disposal for this massive WSL fixture, and is confident her team has what it takes to secure what could be a crucial victory in the title race in front of our home support at the Bridge.

‘In terms of that the two teams are unbeaten, it is an important game between two teams that are performing at a really good level, but not the only ones obviously.

‘I think tomorrow it’s a game worth three points, like the other ones, but in terms of the psychological aspects, the team that is able to win will take maybe a psychological advantage.

‘So we are playing at home and we approach every game the same, tomorrow won’t be different. We want to come to the game and bring some confidence, but also try to win the game. I know we have the ability to do that so we will try our best.

‘The game plan is ready. We’ve only had a few training sessions after the Hacken game, but I feel the team is in a good place and ready for the game tomorrow.’

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