‘Like an ice rink’: Emma Hayes fumes after Chelsea v Liverpool abandoned

Frozen pitch forces game to be halted after six minutes.

FROZEN SOLID: Chelsea manager Emma Hayes during the Barclays Women's Super League match at Kingsmeadow, London. Picture date: Sunday January 22, 2023.

The Chelsea manager, Emma Hayes, said “we’ve got to take our game seriously” after their Women’s Super League match at home to Liverpool was abandoned after six minutes due to a frozen pitch.

Hayes said the lunchtime match at Kingsmeadow “should never have started” as she called for undersoil heating to be installed at WSL stadiums.