Chelsea 1 (Eriksson 27) Liverpool 0

It would have been inconceivable to think, watching Chelsea canter to a league and cup double last season, that Emma Hayes’ side would have to wait until the seventh game of this campaign to muster their second league win. But so entrenched have their goal-scoring shortcomings proved that, even on a day where they managed 18 shots against Liverpool, there were times everyone at Kingsmeadow found themselves wondering exactly what the Blues would have to do to send the net bulging.

Something pretty spectacular, it turns out. Just shy of the half-hour mark, Erin Cuthbert’s corner found the head of the rising Drew Spence, and the flick-on looped into Magdalena Eriksson’s vicinity. With a touch to steady herself, the Swede’s legs unfurled and her crisp bicycle kick sailed beyond Fran Kitching.

“I think I blacked out - I don’t really know what happened,” Eriksson said. “I just tried to get it on goal and it felt like took ages to go in. We were desperate to get three points and we need to build on this. We should have scored even more but we played together and everyone fought right until the end.”

Either side of Magdalena’s Rooney-esque moment of invention, Chelsea peppered the Liverpool goal with a staccato barrage of unsuccessful attempts. Millie Bright’s effort from halfway cannoned into the stands, Beth England was inches away from sliding home and Sophie Ingle, Ji and Hannah Blundell all came close.