However Emma Hayes at this stage, with two games still to play, remains less interested in the league position and more focused on the individual games, such as the 4-0 win in east London earned with goals from Niamh Charles, Pernille Harder, Sophie Ingle and Erin Cuthbert.

The Blues manager makes clear it is how the table looks after the final game that matters most. Having highlighted pre-match the need for refreshed brains as much as limbs after winning the FA Cup on Sunday, that is one success she acknowledged when looking at the West Ham win.

‘It is so overwhelming the volume of people you have just come across [at Wembley],’ Hayes said. ‘That is the most tiring element, the brains are tired but I didn't think we showed that tonight. I thought legs and brains were okay.

‘We started the game fast but didn't build on it really in the first half. We made some adjustments at half-time, we got the second goal quite early on and then the third from a set-piece that we detailed at half-time. Making it 4-0 rounded off a good night.’

Again the all-round quality in the squad came to the fore with seven changes made from the FA Cup final. Two of those brought in were among the goals and others drew praise for their part in keeping a clean sheet.

‘Kadeisha Buchanan has been out a bit and she comes in, and Zecira Musovic has been growing, especially the second half of the season. Her performances are improving,’ the manager listed. ‘I think Ann-Katrin Berger has been really good too. We are just coming into form at the right time of the season.

‘There isn’t a great secret to it. I trust the whole squad, I believe in the whole squad. I use players across the season and as a result of that they've got confidence when you need them. This is a victory for the whole squad.

‘Johanna Rytting Kaneryd had her best game in a Chelsea shirt and we are repaying the faith that we have in them with the minutes we're giving them, and the team is growing as a result.

‘The players train in different combinations all time and the methodologies and the playing principles are clear. Everybody knows what's expected of them and that's why it's so seamless.’