“When you come to Chelsea everyone expects you to win the league,” she said. “It was the same in Lyon but here the competition is higher. To be able to achieve it for six years in a row for Chelsea and in my first season, it is not easy.
“I heard some noise about the fact it is too easy for Chelsea but it is not! When you are able to be unbeaten, to beat Manchester City, Arsenal and Manchester United twice, I don’t know how people can think that. It is unbelievable.
“Don’t think it’s easy. It’s never easy. It’s a great achievement and a lot of work every day. I don’t let my players breathe.
“I want to thank Emma [Hayes]. I am sure she is really happy tonight with our title. She left the club in a great place to build on the legacy.”
Chelsea have not always blown sides away this campaign – they have scored fewer goals than second-placed Arsenal, while no player has netted double figures in the league.
Wednesday night encapsulated their league campaign. United had more shots, a higher xG, and a very solid shout for a penalty before half-time when Millie Bright appeared to trip Grace Clinton. Chelsea keeper Hannah Hampton made five saves and was named player of the match.
But they find a way to win, and win, and win. And crucially, not lose.
“Coming to this club I always wanted to achieve trophies,” Hampton told the BBC. “The fact that I can say that in the two seasons I have been here we have won the title both times it is surreal. It never gets old. As many times as we win it, it’ll never get old.”
Chelsea’s season now has three games to run – the two league fixtures, then the FA Cup final against Manchester United, again, on 18 May.
To end it unbeaten domestically would be a remarkable achievement.
“It’s what dreams are made of for Sonia Bompastor,” former England defender Izzy Christiansen told Sky Sports. “Her staff, the new players and the existing players that have done this before. They know what it feels like. They don’t care where they do it or how they do it as long as they do it.”
