Chelsea Women Edge Ten-Player Man City to Go Top

Chelsea Women ended Manchester City’s unbeaten start to the campaign with a 1-0 victory in the Barclays WSL.

Manchester United 2-0 Crystal Palace (Att: 2,689)
Chelsea 1-0 Manchester City (Att: 11,169)
Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Everton
Brighton & Hove Albion 0-3 Liverpool (Att: 4,502)

Chelsea replaced Manchester City at the top of the table after a victory over the visitors, whose hopes of a comeback were hampered by a red card.

Although Chelsea lost both Kadeisha Buchanan and Melvine Malard to first-half injuries, they took the lead in stoppage time with a Sandy Baltimore strike into the roof the net from the corner of the box.

Lauren Hemp missed what looked like a simple tap-in from Khadija Shaw’s ball across the goalmouth.

Man City had goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita sent off with 15 minutes remaining after rushing out and taking down Alyssa Thompson.

Manchester United continued their winning run with a goal in each half to beat Crystal Palace and move up to fourth place.

Maya le Tissier marked her 150th match for Manchester United by scoring the opening goal from 25 yards, following a pass from Jess Park.

Elisabeth Terland doubled the lead after the hour mark, with Park again involved with a ball into the box.

Liverpool defeated Brighton 3-0 away to leapfrog them into eighth spot.

Gareth Taylor’s side were ahead in just four minutes, as Beata Olsson finished off a cross from Vivien Endemann.

They struck earlier still in the second half, as Maisie Symonds’ ball across her own box was picked up by Cornelia Kapocs and slotted home.

Olsson made sure of the points by doubling her tally, after Chiamaka Nnadozie had saved her initial effort.

Everton recorded a fourth straight draw in the league when away to Spurs.

The goalless match left the Toffees without a win in six attempts, while Tottenham remain unbeaten in four.