Goals from Sjoeke Nusken and Lauren James secured a 2-0 victory on a rainy day at Kingsmeadow as Cuthbert helped guide the Blues to a much-needed victory.

Cuthbert has been a key part of the Chelsea side since she joined in 2017, and knows the importance of being one of the senior members of the team, no matter the circumstances on the pitch.

‘I always shout at everybody the same!’ she laughed. ‘To be honest, I don't really think anything changes. It’s the same level of responsibility for me. Albeit you've got the armband and you can talk to the referee legally, which is quite nice.’

Having beaten Liverpool 9-1 in the Women’s League Cup back in December, Cuthbert was not surprised such a big scoreline was not repeated when the Reds travelled to Kingsmeadow on Sunday. The Scotland international believes the WSL benefits when games are more evenly matched, and praised our opponents for progress made since the turn of the year.

She said: ‘Liverpool have picked up some really good results of late. They’re in fine scoring form. They’ve got players who they've brought in. I think they're a different team post-Christmas to be quite honest with you. The team that we played before Christmas is significantly different.

‘You're not [always] going to win games easy. We see that Manchester City beat Leicester 6-0, but you know that is an anomaly in this league as it should be. Every game should be competitive.

‘They were very astute with their defending. They set up well and you know they had a few transitions where we had to make some good blocks.’

After suffering defeats against Arsenal and Manchester City in the league, Chelsea bounced back to register a 2-0 win away at Spurs, and followed that victory with another 2-0 win against Liverpool at Kingsmeadow.

While the losses could be seen as a chink in our usually well-polished armour, Cuthbert feels building another winning streak is vitally important in terms of restoring the fear factor of facing the Blues.

‘It's good to get back on a run,’ she continued. ‘A club like Chelsea doesn’t expect to lose two games in a row so we want to get back to winning ways as fast as we can. And you know, the league is not easy at all.

‘So we need to keep making sure we're performing every single day. I think now teams maybe think, “oh Chelsea are there for the taking”. That's natural now that we've lost a couple of games, but it's up to us to have that mentality every game to say, "no, we're not".’

Sunday’s win came courtesy of a goal and an assist from Lauren James as she played her first full 90 minutes of the season.

Cuthbert paid tribute to her team-mate and discussed how opposition defences often gather round the Chelsea number 10.

‘Sometimes you go to try to give her an option, but she doesn't even need one, to be honest,’ explained the Scotland international. ‘I probably should’ve got myself in the box ready for crosses like Sio (Sjoeke Nusken) did for the first goal. But she can keep the ball when there's three, four players around her.

'It's not as if you need to pull players away to try and make it a one-v-one. She does get ganged up on and she still manages to get solid pressure.’