The coach is leaving the club at the conclusion of the Women's Super League season and is hoping for a memorable farewell by pipping Manchester City to the title.

Speaking before Wednesday's (15.05.24) match, Hayes said: "I’m going to enjoy being in this position.

"You don’t often get into a position where you are competing for a title going into the last two games of a season. For those of us who have won titles, we know how hard it is.

"I’m happy to be in the position we’re in. I know we have two tough games but I’m looking forward to them."

The WSL is Chelsea's final chance of a trophy in Hayes' swansong campaign and she says that recent disappointments in cup competitions proves how hard it can be for teams to keep being successful.

She said: "You can’t win everything all of the time.

"But to be in a position to compete for our fifth title in five years, I’d like to see another team do that over the next five years. The reason I say that is nobody really understands how hard that is to keep winning.

"To be in a position to compete for that, that’s all I wanted the team to be in. I just want them to enjoy the next two games."