WSL 2024-25: Chelsea maintains perfect record as Man United thrashes Liverpool
WSL 2024-25: Chelsea maintains perfect record as Man United thrashes Liverpool
Chelsea extended its winning run to nine victories from nine Women’s Super League games but it was pushed all the way by a Brighton & Hove Albion side who lost 2-4 after a battling performance in terrible weather at Kingsmeadow on Sunday.
Chelsea remained top on 27 points with Manchester City, which hammered Leicester City 4-0, second on 22 points and Arsenal, which cruised to a 4-0 win over Aston Villa, third on 18 points.
With blustery winds and pouring rain making conditions difficult, the insistence of both teams on playing the ball out from the back led to a number of hair-raising situations and a few goals that neither side will enjoy watching back.
Chelsea was 3-1 up and cruising after a goal credited to Johanna Rytting Kaneryd in the 51st minute that the winger knew little about, but a mistake by Blues keeper Hannah Hampton gifted Kiko Seike a goal for the visiting Seagulls in the 71st minute and sparked a frenetic hunt for an equaliser.
Seike went close again late on but her effort was diverted behind for a corner, and that miss was punished when Sjoeke Nusken scored her second of the game from a stoppage-time corner at the near post to wrap up the three points for Chelsea.
Manchester United may have had a poor run of form before the international break, but it came roaring back with a 4-0 thumping of Liverpool at home to move above Brighton and into fourth spot in the table on 18 points, behind Arsenal on goal difference.
In North London, a Beth England brace gave Tottenham Hotspur a 2-1 win over Everton, with the winner coming form the penalty spot in the 48th minute.
