An early strike from Chelsea‘s Agnes Beever-Jones and a late objective from Erin Cuthbert despatched the Blues again to the highest of the Girls’s Tremendous League (WSL) desk as they beat West Ham United 2-0 away on Sunday to edge forward of Manchester Metropolis on objective distinction.
Metropolis took high spot with a 3-1 win over Manchester United on Saturday to achieve 43 factors however Beever-Jones struck within the second minute to spice up the champions of their title defence.
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Chelsea didn’t have all of it their very own means as West Ham’s Honoka Hayashi had a objective wrongly dominated out for offside however an 88th-minute strike from substitute Cuthbert wrapped up the win.
Leicester Metropolis‘s sport towards Brighton burst into life within the second half, with the house aspect taking the lead earlier than Brighton finally snatched a 3-2 win due to an Eighty fifth-minute objective from Elisabeth Terland.
Tottenham striker Bethany England netted for a 1-0 win at backside aspect Bristol Metropolis to grow to be solely the second lady after Arsenal‘s Vivianne Miedema to attain 70 targets within the WSL. Sixth-place Spurs have 25 factors whereas Metropolis are languishing on six.
The Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool ended 0-0 to depart Matt Beard’s aspect in fourth spot on 29 factors, one forward of Manchester United, whereas third-placed Arsenal, who’ve 34 factors, journey to Aston Villa in Sunday’s late sport.
