By OkayGoal 
Chelsea head coach Sonia Bompastor says that she is expecting nothing but a tough game against Leicester City this weekend.
The Blues travel to The King Power Stadium to face The Foxes on Sunday afternoon.
Leicester City are certain to finish bottom of the Barclays Women’s Super League table after they lost 7-0 at Arsenal last time out. When speaking in the pre-match press conference, Chelsea boss Bompastor said that the game won’t be easy despite their opponents’ struggles.
“I watched the game yesterday and it’s tough for them right now, they’re not in a good run of games,” Bompastor said. “Their dynamic in terms of results is not great. Yesterday, they lost the game and they now know that they will play the play-off game, so in terms of confidence, it’s probably not the best.
“Despite all of that, we have to focus on ourselves. We want to win every game until the end of the season and this one is no different to the others. It’s important for us to win, that’s part of our mentality and our DNA and we will focus on ourselves.
“In football, you never have an easy game. You’ve got to go into it with the right mentality to make sure you put up a good performance to give you a good game. Every team in this league is difficult to play against and I am not expecting anything different on Sunday.”
Chelsea have kept just one clean sheet in their last seven games and Bompastor gave her assessment of her side’s recent defensive record.
She said “If you look at most of the goals that we have conceded this season, most of them have come from transition. We are a team that want to have the ball, we want to be dominant. When we have the ball, we are really open and sometimes, teams hurt us in transition.
“If you analyse the goal that we conceded last weekend, it was a great goal and sometimes, you need to give credit to the opponent. When we watched the goal back, I said to the team that we reacted in exactly the right way, we just need to give credit to the opposition.”
Chelsea potentially have four games remaining this season and Bompastor is hoping for her side to rebuild the consistency which previously made them the dominant force in English football.
She said “If you compare my first year at Chelsea and this season, the difference is the inconsistency this season; us being not consistent enough in terms of results. Of course, everyone expects Chelsea to win every game but this league is competitive. If you want to be champions, you have to win as many games as possible and be able to beat the best teams.
“It’s something that we are aware of. We will try to improve that next season but also, hopefully, in the remaining four games of this season.”
Chelsea’s Barclays Women’s Super League fixture at Leicester City kicks-off at 2.30pm on Sunday afternoon.
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