Erin Cuthbert is known as the “aggressivity booster” on the Chelsea squad. She’s someone who sets the tone, drives standards and holds her team-mates to account.
When head coach Sonia Bompastor criticised her players’ lack of “desire” in their 2-0 defeat to Manchester City in the Champions League quarter-final first leg on Wednesday, it was Cuthbert who led the response four days later. In Sunday’s Women’s Super League (WSL) match — the third of four back-to-back meetings between the teams across three competitions — the midfielder embodied that desire with a 91st-minute goal that sealed Chelsea’s 2-1 victory and put the league title that much more in hand.