Chelsea Women are through to the Women's League Cup final for the sixth season in a row after beating West Ham United 2-0 on Wednesday evening.

The Blues scored two first-half goals through Johanna Rytting Kaneryd and Sjoeke Nusken at Kingsmeadow to ensure a place in the final - that will take place at Derby County's Pride Park stadium on March 15. Chelsea will face either Arsenal or Manchester City next month in the final, with the two going head-to-head this evening (Thursday) for the right to face the west Londoners.

Bompastor delighted with clinical Blues

Sonia Bompastor expressed her delight at how clinical her Chelsea side were against the Hammers on Wednesday evening. The goals from Kaneryd and Nusken were within nine minutes of each other and effectively took the game away from the Irons.

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"It's really important to be efficient, especially from the beginning in the first-half," said Bompastor, who has the chance to win her first piece of silverware since replacing Emma Hayes as Chelsea head coach in the summer. "In that situation, you don't give any hope to your opponent and that's really important.

"When you are not able to be efficient or to be clinical, the opponents have hope and then after that it is a different game. To play against a block that is compact and low, they start with a back five but we were able to score. It makes a big difference."

While the Blues are through to the first cup final of the season, Bompastor insisted she is not thinking about winning the quadruple. Chelsea are sitting pretty at the top of the WSL table, while they take on Everton in the FA Cup at the weekend and are through to the Champions League Round of 16.

"I never think like this," Bompastor explained. "I'm more focused on the next game on Sunday. It's another cup game, but we're really happy to get to this final, but if you don't win, it doesn't mean anything.

"For me, now the focus is making sure we go deep in every competition. We go game by game and have a focus on the next game and how we can make sure we have big chances to win."

Blues looking to end final hoodoo

While it is a record-breaking sixth successive Women's League Cup final for Chelsea, the Blues have been on the losing side in their last three. Last season saw Arsenal pip Chelsea by one goal to nil, just 12 months after the Gunners beat them 3-1 at Selhurst Park. The campaign before that saw Man City win by the same scoreline at Plough Lane.

Incidentally, Chelsea will play one of Arsenal or City in the final as the Blues look to end their hoodoo of losing in the final of this competition. The last time they lifted the trophy was back during the 2020/21 season, where they thrashed Bristol City 6-0 at Vicarage Road in Watford - with Sam Kerr scoring a hat-trick, Fran Kirby hitting a double and Guro Reiten also on the scoresheet.

Rytting Kaneyrd back amongst the goals

Rytting Kaneryd was back on the scoresheet on Wednesday night with a stunning right-footed strike from a tight angle at Kingsmeadow. The Swedish winger's goal was her first since early-December where she scored in the WSL victory over Brighton.

"It's been a lot of hard work behind the scenes," Kaneryd said. "I've been working a lot with finishing, especially, and doing a lot of extra work.

"One of my goals this season was to score more and to get more assists. I'm on a good way, but it has been a long time since I scored so I was happy about that."

Speaking specifically about her goal, that opened the scoring for the Blues on the night, she added: "I saw the opportunity to take an extra touch and sometimes you need to take it even if you are in the box. I saw some space, took a touch and it was all about getting the goal.

"I had another opportunity in the second-half where I took two touches, and that was probably not the right decision, but sometimes you just need to be calm in those situations, and I did that once at least, so I am happy about that."

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