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Chelsea efficient Man City with first loss of the season

ByEmma SandersBBC Sport women’s football news reporter at Stamford Bridge

In any big encounter you will often hear managers say it is the "fine margins" that decide a game of football.

Sometimes it is luck. Sometimes it is individual brilliance. But on Saturday it was Sonia Bompastor's bold decisions that helped Chelsea beat Manchester City 1-0.

The top-of-the-table Women's Super League clash was as intriguing as you would hope it to be and both managers needed to be on their toes.