A much-changed Chelsea thrashed backside facet Crystal Palace 4-0 at residence to go a step nearer to clinching the Ladies’s Tremendous League title as they moved six factors clear on the high.
The unbeaten Blues want simply 4 factors from their final three matches to elevate a sixth consecutive WSL title.
Chelsea boss Sonia Bompastor made seven adjustments forward of Sunday’s Champions League semi-final second leg at Stamford Bridge in opposition to Barcelona and bounced again from their 4-1 first-leg defeat in Spain to cruise previous 10-player Palace, who didn’t have a shot at Kingsmeadow.
With Chelsea main 2-0 after a quickfire first-half double from Guro Reiten’s penalty and Catarina Macario’s low end, the guests had defender Allyson Swaby despatched off simply two minutes into the second half after a last-player problem on Sjoeke Nusken.
Chelsea added a 3rd from the ensuing free-kick as Macario’s Forty ninth-minute effort took a depraved deflection to wrong-foot Palace goalkeeper Shae Yanez.
There was a pleasant second for Chelsea within the sixty fourth minute as substitute Mia Fishel scored their fourth as she flicked residence Lucy Bronze’s header for her first objective since getting back from an ACL harm that has stored her out since February final 12 months.
Chelsea then took their foot off the fuel as their consideration turned to Sunday’s second leg in opposition to Barcelona.
Domestically, Bompastor’s facet stay on target for a treble, having gained the League Cup in March with an FA Cup remaining to sit up for subsequent month in opposition to Manchester United at Wembley.
However it’s a totally different story for rock-bottom Palace, who’re seven factors adrift of security and might be relegated on Sunday in the event that they lose at residence to West Ham for an instantaneous return to the Championship.
