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The Barclays FA WSL

Chelsea held their nerve to pick up the win they needed to be crowned
as Barclays FA WSL Champions, coming from behind at half time to
beat Manchester Utd 4-2. United twice took the lead during the first
half through Martha Thomas and Ella Toone, either side of an Erin
Cuthbert reply, but after the break, Sam Kerr netted twice and Guro
Reiten the other to secure the result which guaranteed Chelsea the title
for a fifth time.
Arsenal did all they could but their 2-0 victory away to West
Ham Utd was not quite enough and they finish as runners-up. The first
half was goalless but Stina Blackstenius opened the scoring on the hour and Steph Catley
wrapped up the win with the second goal. The Gunners therefore end up a single point
behind the Champions having been beaten only once all season, but that defeat - against
relegated Birmingham City - may well have turned out to be the most significant result of
the campaign.
Defeat for United at Chelsea meant that Manchester City took the third
Champions League spot and they finished off in style, winning 4-0 at Reading FC
Women. Lauren Hemp and Khadija Shaw put them two ahead at the interval, with Ellen
White making it three late on and Alex Greenwood rounding off the scoring with an injury
time penalty.
Tottenham Hotspur end up in their highest ever place at the end of a season and
they signed off with a ninth win of the campaign, 1-0 against Leicester City. Ashleigh
Neville made sure of the points with the only
goal of the game, four minutes into the second Aston Villa 0
half. Birmingham City 1 (Sarri 10)
The points were shared at Brighton & -
Hove Albion where the home side shared a 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 (Whelan 52)
Everton 1 (Bjorn 45)
draw with Everton. Nathalie Bjorn gave -
Everton the lead in first half injury time, before Chelsea 4 (Cuthbert 18, Kerr 46,66, Reiten 51)
Aileen Whelan hit back with an equaliser seven Manchester Utd 2 (Thomas 13, Toone 25)
-
minutes after the interval. Reading FC Women 0
On the whole, it has been a season to Manchester City 4 (Hemp 33, Shaw 40, White 85,
forget for Birmingham City but it has ended Greenwood pen 90)
on a positive note for them, with a 1-0 victory -
Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Neville 49)
over local rivals Aston Villa. Veatriki Sarri Leicester City 0
scored the only goal of the game in the tenth -
minute, to leave the Blues two points behind West Ham Utd 0
Arsenal 2 (Blackstenius 60, Catley 66)
Leicester City.
BARCLAYS FA WSL P W D L F A Pts GD
CHELSEA 22 18 2 2 62 11 56 51
ARSENAL 22 17 4 1 65 10 55 55 LEADING SCORERS
MANCHESTER CITY 22 15 2 5 60 22 47 Samantha KERR Chelsea 20
38
MANCHESTER UTD 22 12 6 4 45 22 42 23
Vivianne MIEDEMA Arsenal 14
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 22 9 5 8 24 23 32 Beth MEAD Arsenal 11
1
WEST HAM UTD 22 7 6 9 23 33 27 -10
Lauren HEMP
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 22 8 2 12 24 38 26 -14 Manchester City 10
Alessia RUSSO Manchester Utd 9
READING FC WOMEN 22 7 4 11 21 40 25 -19
Khadija SHAW
ASTON VILLA 22 6 3 13 13 40 21 -27 Manchester City 9
EVERTON 22 5 5 12 18 41 20 -23
LEICESTER CITY 22 4 1 17 14 53 13 -39
BIRMINGHAM CITY 22 3 2 17 15 51 11 -36
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