Ellie Carpenter praised Chelsea’s second-half response after they secured a 5-2 victory over Actual Sociedad within the first leg of their Champions League qualification tie.
The Blues went into half-time stage after Ainhoa Marin’s beautiful opener was cancelled out by Naomi Girma.
Veerle Buurman headed Chelsea in entrance after the break, however Actual Sociedad shortly equalised earlier than substitute Melvine Malard scored twice on her debut and Lauren James added a fifth late on.
Carpenter performed a key function within the victory, offering two assists, and believes Chelsea confirmed their high quality after a tough opening 45 minutes.
“It’s fairly exhausting going straight into such a giant, vital recreation,” Carpenter stated.
“A few of us are usually not actually used to that. It was a superb take a look at for us, and clearly within the first half we had been a bit rusty, and we had to make things better up; we actually needed to get into the sport.
“We got here out within the second half and actually gave it to them, taking part in with power and confidence as nicely. It was an awesome crew efficiency all spherical.”
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