Hayes lauds Chelsea star Lauren James
Chelsea head coach Emma Hayes was full of praise for Lauren James after their WSL win over Manchester United.
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00:00 I was impressed with her whole performance. I think to focus merely on
00:05 them qualities will sell it short. I thought she carried out the game
00:12 plan and her role in that game plan to perfection. It changed in the second
00:18 half with Mia coming out and I think she did that equally as well. She's shown her
00:23 qualities as a 9 or a 10. Her finishing was second to none, really was.
00:31 The quality of that is natural finisher that she is. Someone said it to
00:37 me back there that's her ninth goal in five games. Something like she's scored
00:41 prior to this nine goals in four seasons. So that shows the growth in her game.
00:49 I'm sure she has but I've never seen a player like Lauren do the things she
00:55 does individually. If you get tight to her, she'll roll you. If you drop off of
01:01 her, next time she makes a move you think you've got her. She's so explosive but
01:07 she's got a left hand and right foot. That's the thing. Often you play
01:11 against players and you know they've got strong sides but Lauren, I think she can do it
01:15 on both feet. I thought it was a brilliant, brilliant performance from the
01:20 whole team today.