After winning the Women's Super League last season, Man City head coach Andree Jeglertz has guided them to the top of the table once again this season, but the Blues are chasing hard and sit just two points behind after nine games.

Saturday's match couldn't be more finely poised, and when we sat down with our captain Erin Cuthbert, she explained exactly why our fans could be the difference-maker in a match where winning and losing will come down to such fine margins.

'The Stamford Bridge crowd have really excelled in the tough moments this season,' said the skipper. 'There have been times when we've been up against it, but that's when the crowd have got us out of that and swung the momentum back in our favour.

'We’re going to need them against Man City because we're not always going to get it our way. The crowd is going to be really pivotal on Saturday. We feed off their energy. We've needed them at times this season, because it hasn't always been plain sailing, despite how many goals we’ve scored and clean sheets we’ve earned.

'Neither side will play for a point; we’ll both be going for the three points, and hopefully that should see the fans turn out in numbers, because they're going to see a game that both sides want to win right until the very end.

'I expect it to be a very high-quality game, but also to be quite edgy at the same time, because both teams want to win, but both teams don't want to lose. So it's a fine balance between whether you go and risk it all, or hold on to what you've got. I know the team will go for it right until the final whistle, and if we're still in it, we'll be going gung-ho, and if we are winning, we'll fight to keep it that way.'

Erin Cuthbert is well used to winning silverware at Chelsea. Joining the club in 2016, she only missed out on our first two trophies, and has lifted 18 since then. The Scotland international was a key member of the side that won six consecutive WSL titles before Man City's success last year, and she's determined to see it back in our hands at the end of the campaign.

'It was our trophy for six years before last season, so of course it feels like it's been taken away,' she explains. 'But Man City were rightful winners last year and beat us comfortably in the end.

'There is a degree of wanting to claim what's ours, because it had been ours for so long, but nobody has any given right to the title. It's built through hard work and grinding out wins, good, bad and ugly, across the season, and we're going to need that.

'We know Man City have it just now, so we have to do everything and more. I've been in the position where we've been top of the table, and we've won the league, so I know what it feels like when teams are chasing you. You feel them breathing down your neck. They're coming for you. You feel that in every game.

'It’s a bit different to be the ones chasing. We're part of the chasing pack now, so it's certainly a different mentality, and you're seeing something maybe a bit different this year: that we're so hungry for it.'

Those watching will be in for a treat on Saturday, as the Bridge will showcase the very best of what the WSL has to offer as the top two sides battle it out for the three points. If Man City come out to attack, they could break the trend of visiting sides sitting deep in a low block, and that would give our forwards the space to show what they can do.

And although for Cuthbert it is just another opportunity to earn three points, another part of her feels that winning the game will make a big statement about our intentions this season.

'Both teams know the quality each other has got at both ends of the pitch,' the captain continues. 'Man City have a very certain style of play. They're not going to sit back and just take pressure from us all game. They're going to come out fighting, and they have really good technical players who can hurt us, but equally we have those players too. It's going to be punch after punch from both sides.

'Their attacking intent could leave spaces that we might not always have in the league, and it opens up a different type of play for a couple of our players in the team to shine. So it's certainly an exciting one, but also one where we're probably going to be a little bit busier defensively, and we expect that.

'It’s something that the team's ready for, because I think defensively we've done really well this season, and I think big credit goes to the backline and everybody else because the job's been monumental so far.'

Answer Erin's call to action and secure your seat at the Bridge to cheer the team on against Man City! Tickets are available here.