Lauren James: Emma Hayes describes Chelsea attacker as a "maverick" and says she manages player along with England coach Sarina Wiegman

Emma Hayes says she enjoys dealing with “maverick” players such as Lauren James – who stole the show in Chelsea’s win over Arsenal – and highlighted the work her and England manager Sarina Wiegman do to keep her on track as “she’s not easy to manage”.

James was influential in Chelsea's 3-1 win over the Gunners to put them in control of the Women's Super League title race, scoring the first goal then playing a big role in setting up Sjoeke Nusken's first - as the Blues went 3-0 up in 32 minutes at a packed out Stamford Bridge.

The 22-year-old now has 13 goals in the WSL this season - second-highest on the division's goal scoring rankings - and Hayes described her as "unplayable" in front of the Sky Sports cameras on Friday night.

"It's a playground for her out there," Hayes said. "We coach many different players. Lauren is a maverick. It's not always perfect, it's not always on point. It's not always consistent in every element of her game, but I will tell you this much: I understand that person.

"I do really well with maverick players. If I look over the course of my career, I don't know why but I just deal really well with that type of player. Do I relate to her as a Londoner? Maybe. I try to teach her all the time little bits that are really, really valuable on the way.

"She's not easy to manage, Sarina would say the same thing. Sarina and I work together to do get on the same pages for LJ and Sarina and mines relationship as been top in managing that.

"You just have to put people in the right positions to be able to perform and simplify their roles. Sometimes I don't think I will get it from her all the time, I wish I would. That's the next step but she's played more minutes than last year at a higher level.

"Sometimes I