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Chelsea hold on to the leadership of the Barclays FA WSL on goal
difference following their 4-0 victory against Tottenham Hotspur on
Sunday.
Melanie Leupolz broke the deadlock just before the half hour with
a firm strike from 25 yards and before Spurs could recover from setback,
they found themselves two behind a minute later when Pernille Harder
scored from close range. Harder turned provider for the third as her far
post cross was headed in by Sam Kerr and Chelsea completed the scoring
after the hour mark, Leupolz slotting home from the penalty spot following
a handball in the area.
Manchester Utd meanwhile won 2-0 away to Everton, to keep themselves level on
points with Chelsea. The damage was inflicted in the first half, in-form striker Ella Toone giving
United the lead in the ninth minute when she finished off from a Leah Galton cross and Christen
Press added the second just before half time, tucking her shot past Sandy MacIver after being
put through by Hayley Ladd.
Manchester City kept themselves in
the race by running out 4-0 winners over
West Ham Utd. Caroline Weir put City in
front with a far post finish from a Chloe Kelly
cross and Georgia Stanway fired in the second
ahead of half time. After the break, Ellen
White headed in the third from an Alex
Greenwood corner and Rose Lavelle took
advantage a defensive slip to make it four.
There was more good news for City late on
when Aoife Mannion came on as a substitute,
making her comeback from a long term knee Ebony Salmon scores Bristol City’s second goal against
injury. Brighton & Hove Albion (Will Cheshire).
At the other end of the table, Bristol Bristol City 3 (Daniels 3, Salmon 34,pen 59)
City notched up their first league victory of the Brighton & Hove Albion 0
season when beating Brighton & Hove Albion -
3-0. The Robins got off to a flying start, taking the Chelsea 4 (Leupolz 27,pen 63, Harder 29, Kerr 38)
lead after three minutes with a spectacular 25-yard Tottenham Hotspur 0
-
strike from Yana Daniels which crashed in off the Manchester City 4 (Weir 9, Stanway 39, White 64,
underside of the bar and Ebony Salmon added the Lavelle 71)
second, racing onto Aimee Palmer's long pass to West Ham Utd 0
score. Salmon completed the scoring on the hour -
from the penalty spot after Victoria Williams was Everton 0
Manchester Utd 2 (Toone 9, Press 42)
adjudged to have handballed.
BARCLAYS FA WSL P W D L F A Pts GD
CHELSEA 12 10 2 0 38 6 32 32
MANCHESTER UTD 13 10 2 1 32 11 32 21 LEADING SCORERS
MANCHESTER CITY 12 8 3 1 41 10 27 Vivianne MIEDEMA Arsenal 12
31
ARSENAL 11 7 2 2 39 9 23 Sam KERR Chelsea 9
30
EVERTON 11 5 2 4 21 17 17 Fran KIRBY Chelsea 8
4
READING FC WOMEN 13 3 6 4 16 23 15 Jill ROORD Arsenal 7
-7
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 11 3 3 5 13 22 12 Ellen WHITE Manchester City 7
-9
BIRMINGHAM CITY 10 3 1 6 9 15 10 Cait Arsenal 6
-6lin FOORD
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 13 2 3 8 8 29 9 -21
WEST HAM UTD 11 2 1 8 13 28 7 -15
ASTON VILLA 11 2 1 8 10 30 7 -20
BRISTOL CITY 12 1 2 9 9 49 5 -40
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