Chelsea Triumph 2-0 in Subway Women’s League Cup Final

Chelsea Triumph 2 0 in Subway Womens League Cup Final
Aggie Beever Jones of Chelsea celebrates scoring her teams second goal with teammate Wieke Kaptein Photo by Dan IstiteneGetty Images

Chelsea beat Manchester United 2-0 in the Subway Women’s League Cup Final in front of a competition record crowd of 21,619 at Ashton Gate.

Dominique Janssen’s scuffed back pass saw Lauren James gifted possession to calmly give Chelsea the lead.

Elisabeth Terland drove into the area and fired off a shot that clipped the angle of Chelsea’s post and bar.

Alyssa Thompson got through on goal for Chelsea, but Maya Le Tissier managed to make a crucial tackle.

United’s Ellen Wangerheim put a close-range opportunity narrowly wide right at the end of the first half.

In the last quarter of an hour, Aggie Beever-Jones brought down Johanna Rytting Kaneryd’s cross to stab home Chelsea’s second goal.

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