The Chelsea backline held firm as the home side forged plenty of chances in the first-half, and we went in at the break a goal to the good thanks to a Keira Walsh strike.

A goal from Alyssa Thompson early in the second period sealed the points for the Blues, and the boss expressed her relief at getting the win after a tough period.

‘I think sometimes people forget a little bit because you are Chelsea, they always expect you to win every game, and we are humans,’ she reflected after the win.

‘So we had a tough ten days and I think today instead of speaking, we just showed on the pitch we deserved to win and I think that's the most important thing.

‘It was not easy. I'm really proud of my players because they were able to bounce back and I think the performance we put on the pitch was good enough for us to win the game.’

With defeats against Arsenal and Manchester City, Bompastor lost back-to-back games for the first time in her entire managerial career, and she gave some insight into how that has felt for herself and her players this week.

Chelsea dug deep and found the strength to fight back from disappointment against an in-form Tottenham side, and the head coach thought that was testament to her team.

‘When you are not winning, especially in Chelsea, the pressure is high,’ she said. ‘We are used to that but at the same time, sometimes as humans, you feel the pressure. So I am not saying we are weak, it's just your confidence needs to be always high when you want to perform at your best level.

‘I always say you can be the best player in the world tactically and technically, but when mentally you struggle a little bit, you are not the same player anymore on the pitch and it changes a lot.

‘So we are trying our best. We are professionals, we are working hard. I really like the reaction from the players this week in training sessions and that's the only thing we can control and do on the pitch.’

After coming through Tottenham’s early pressure unscathed, Chelsea eased any nerves with the goal scored just before the half-time break.

Bompastor agreed that Walsh’s goal came at a perfect time and helped the side to come out with a very welcome victory, as well as reaping the rewards from a set-piece routine that had come from the training ground.

‘When you are playing, sometimes you are not one hundred per cent free to play your game,’ she concluded. ‘I think when you score it just boosts your confidence high and gives you this extra motivation to go for more.

‘So, I think the difference in this game was probably us being able to score the first goal. We worked a lot on set pieces, and we are happy because we scored in that part of the game which is really important.

‘The first goal in this game was decisive. So we are working a lot on the pitch and in meetings to make the players understand their roles and what we want to do, with different combinations.

‘So it's good to score when you have been practicing something and it works.’