Sonia Bompastor says she welcomes the comparisons to Emma Hayes as she looks to build her own legacy at Chelsea. (More Football News)
Hayes departed the club at the end of last season having clinched a fifth consecutive Women's Super League trophy, and se🃏venth overall, as she bowed out following a trophy-laden 12-year spell.
Bompastor was appointed as her successor in May 🌜this year𒅌 and began life in the WSL with a narrow 1-0 victory over Aston Villa last weekend.
It was the Blues' first home match without Hayes in the dugout since July 2012, and Bompastor says she is ꦛlooking forward to building on her predecessor's success.
"It's normal for people to compare b🙈ecause💦 she had such great success here," Bompastor told Sky Sports.
"I'm realꦿly thankful to Emma for the legacy she left me. She had an amazing period, and she had great results an🔯d the transition takes some time.
"I'm fine [with the comparisons] because Emma is a person and a coach who has a lot of good quaꦓlities, so I don꧋'t feel like people are comparing me to a bad person.
"If I can have the same success as she had at Chelsea, I will be the first person to be happy about that, even if I'm someone different. I'm not Emma Hayes, I have my own personality, I'm trying to bring my own ideas. Yes, some things maybe will b💯e the same and some of those will be different.
"I try to find the good balance between building from t🌞he legacy E🍷mma left and also trying to bring my own philosophy, own vision to the club."
Johanna Rytting Kaneryd scored the opening goal of Bompastor's tenure, but it was far from a convincing performance from the Blues, who managed the same number of shots as their opponents (13), but lꦐess on target (four 🔜to Villa's five).
ꦬThe Frenchwoman also has a possession-based style, but her side finished the contest with narrowly less than Villa in that match (47.4%).
Bompastor acknowledged the challenges of the team trying to adapt to her style but is confident last season's t❀op scorers will soon settle into their new rhythm.
"I'm very happy with the way the players are adapting to all these new things🔯," she ad𝔉ded.
"It takes a lot of time, but 🐼when you are a coach at a high level, you don't have time. It's about getting the results since the beginning until the end.
"But the players are adjusting very well, they are really open-minded and happy to learn. We are still in the beginning of the season, and it's normﷺal that we are not quite in the place we want to be yet, but not far. We still have work to be done."
Chelsea will play WSL newcomers Crystal Palace in their first away match of⛦ the campaign on Fꦇriday.
