"Chelsea must be so disappointed. I'm looking at the girls now and they are distraught, heads in hands. The championship was in their hands. Was the pressure a bit too much? Maybe so, because a lot of the players haven't been this situation before.

"An extraordinary end top the season, and that's fantastic, because for those of us who love women's football know this is exactly what we wanted. Liverpool have got better and better through the season as various injured players have come back, going about their business quietly and winning their games.

"It's a massive shock that the top two teams in the league both failed to get a win on the final day of the campaign. Extraordinary."