Chelsea Women Blow Away Spurs in the Second Half

Chelsea Women eventually stormed to victory over Spurs in the Barclays WSL, Manchester City almost let a 3-0 lead slip.

Barclays Women’s Super League

Chelsea 6-2 Tottenham Hotspur (Att: 7,814)
Crystal Palace 0-1 West Ham United
Aston Villa 2-1 Liverpool
Charlton Athletic 1-3 Manchester United (Att: 2,340)
London City Lionesses 2-1 Everton (Att: 4,044)
Manchester City 3-2 Brighton & Hove Albion (Att: 3,141)

Chelsea overcame Tottenham with a five-goal show in the second half.

Lauren James gave Chelsea a 25th-minute lead, winning possession on the side of the box and advancing to beat goalkeeper Lize Kop at her near post.

Matilda Vinberg levelled for Spurs late in the first half, with a header back across the goal from Julie Blakstad’s cross.

Chelsea took control with a quick double as, on the break, Alyssa Thompson’s cross was swept home by Ellie Carpenter before James burst into the box to shoot inside the far post.

Keira Walsh flicked the ball through for Sjoeke Nüsken to finish convincingly, Maika Hamano hit the top corner from 25 yards.

Moments later, Signe Gaupset scored for Spurs, only for Carpenter to double her tally for the hosts.

Man City held off Brighton’s fightback and finished the day back on top of the table.

Khadija Shaw volleyed home for Manchester City from Lauren Hemp’s cross in the opening few minutes.

The same combination saw Shaw head home between two defenders, and Niamh Charles make it 3-0 with only 18 minutes played.

Brighton hit back twice before the break, Olivia Garcia scoring at the second attempt from a low cross by Fran Kirby, whose corner was powerfully headed home by Caitlin Hayes.

Aston Villa came from behind to defeat Liverpool with a 10-minute double.

Natalia Ramos struck from distance to give Liverpool a 16th-minute lead, Villa also scored from outside the box as Chasity Grant was fed by Akane Okuma following a breakaway move after the hour mark.

Ten minutes later, Villa had turned it around, Océane Deslandes’s corner kick forcing an own goal from Grace Fisk.

A first win of the campaign lifted Villa up to the tenth spot on goal difference.

Man Utd secured the win at Charlton with a strong start.

Ella Toone rifled Manchester United ahead with a strike into the far top corner, and after just 10 minutes it was 2-0 as Andrea Medina buried Hanna Lundqvist’s cross.

The Addicks quickly responded with Leah Davidson scoring from Jodie Hutton’s pass, but Jess Park then set up Julia Zigiotti Olme to make it 3-1 with barely half an hour played.

Two first-half goals were enough to give London City the points against Everton.

Delphine Cascarino put the Lionesses in front by the 25th minute, with Daniëlle van de Donk providing the assist.

Freya Godfrey scored the second from outside the box, but going into the last 20 minutes, Hannah Cain headed in Holly McNamara’s cross to get the visitors back into it.

West Ham won away against Crystal Palace to leapfrog them to ninth place in the table on goal difference.

Kelly Gago put West Ham in the lead at the half-hour mark, assisted by Oona Siren, and it proved to be the only goal of the match.