What's going wrong for Chelsea in the WSL?

"Chelsea set a new record on Sunday for the longest unbeaten run in Women's Super League history - but there was little cause for celebration for the Blues. Despite going 34 games unbeaten, Sonia Bompastor's side were left disappointed as bottom-placed Liverpool held on for a 1-1 draw. It was the second week in a row that Chelsea dropped points and the first time since January 2022 that they had failed to win back-to-back league games."

""A draw isn't good enough for them and even when the final whistle went I was looking at their body language and they were so disappointed," former Scotland and Arsenal defender Jen Beattie said on the Women's Football Weekly podcast. "We can talk about records being set and unbeaten in this amount of games, but ultimately if you're not winning them you're dropping points and that's not where they want to be.""

"Opta's Supercomputer, which had seen Chelsea retaining their title in 72.4% of their simulations before the season started, now gives them a 50.84% chance of lifting a seventh successive trophy. While most teams would relish sitting second in the WSL table with 21 points, it has been an underwhelming start to the season by Chelsea's high standards. But what's going wrong for Bompastor's team? And can another club finally bring an end to their era of dominance in the WSL?"

Chelsea set a Women's Super League record with a 34-game unbeaten run but dropped a 1-1 draw at bottom-placed Liverpool, marking two consecutive weeks of dropped points. The result left the six-time defending champions three points behind leaders Manchester City. Opta's Supercomputer reduced Chelsea's title probability from 72.4% pre-season to 50.84% after the draw. Chelsea remain undefeated overall this season but have already dropped six points, the same total lost across the entirety of last season. Chelsea won domestic trebles last season and dominated previously, but the current start falls below the club's high standards.

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