Ramona doubles as Blues romp at Wembley

SWISS ace Ramona Bachmann struck twice to spike the Gunners as Chelsea bossed the Women’s FA Cup final.

Bachmann broke the deadlock three minutes into the second half, producing a neat finish after being set up by Fran Kirby.

The Swiss international soon added a deflected second before Arsenal pulled a goal back through Vivianne Miedema on 74 minutes.

But England forward Kirby ended any lingering hopes of a recovery when she swiftly netted Chelsea’s third.

Chelsea’s win continues a fine individual season for Blues star Kirby.

She was voted the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year by her peers and also won the inaugural Women’s Footballer of the Year award from the Football Writers’ Association.

But Kirby insisted that Chelsea’s success in front of a record crowd for this event of 45,423 was all about collective achievement – not individual glory.

Kirby said: “It is great to win the individual awards, but the main ones are what you win with your team.

“And I have been really looking forward to this day ever since we got through to the final.

“I had a feeling we were going to do well and win, so that is more important to me.

“We were disappointed that we let them get a goal, but we dominated pretty much the whole game.

“Luckily I was able to get us another one.”

Bachmann was named player of the match, but was quick to pay tribute to Kirby and her other Blues’ team-mates. “It is everybody’s dream to play at Wembley and to win the FA Cup is right now the best feeling,” she said.

“I have not scored that much this year, but it is not that important when you have someone like Fran in your side who scores all the time.

“It doesn’t really matter who scores, as long as we do – but it was amazing to score in front of so many people.”