Champions Chelsea beat title rivals Manchester Metropolis 2-0 at Stamford Bridge to maneuver above them into high spot within the Ladies’s Tremendous League and sustain their excellent begin to the season.
Sonia Bompastor, the successor to Emma Hayes as Chelsea boss, has turn out to be the primary coach in WSL historical past to win their first seven video games within the competitors because of second-half targets from Mayra Ramirez and Guro Reiten simply 4 minutes aside.
Chelsea wanted the person brilliance of Ramirez to unlock the sport, billed by some as a title decider within the build-up, because the striker shrugged off Metropolis defender Alanna Kennedy earlier than firing into the far nook after carrying the ball from midway.
Reiten then delivered a pinpoint effort from the sting of the field to ship the killer blow. Metropolis struggled to maintain up with Chelsea as the sport wore on and will have simply conceded a 3rd.
Metropolis’s Khadija Shaw, the WSL’s high scorer, didn’t punish two misplaced Chelsea passes within the first half, pulling her shot large initially earlier than placing an excessive amount of on a cross when taking part in in Jil Roord.
Chelsea, victors in all seven of their WSL video games at Stamford Bridge, declare a decisive win that leaves them two factors away from Metropolis with a sport in hand.
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Guro Reiten prolonged Chelsea’s lead with a peaceful end
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