Chelsea 6-0 Leicester City: Blues move a point behind WSL leaders Man Utd

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Chelsea guardant Pernille Harder scores Chelsea's 4th extremity against Leicester City astatine Kingsmeadow

Chelsea thrashed Leicester City to determination a constituent down Women's Super League leaders Manchester United with a crippled successful hand.

The Blues were 3-0 up aft 32 minutes pursuing goals from Guro Reiten, Erin Cuthbert and Pernille Harder.

Denmark's Harder added a 2nd conscionable earlier half-time arsenic Chelsea further exerted their dominance.

Goals from Lauren James and Jelena Cankovic rounded disconnected the occurrence successful the 2nd half.

Harder besides assisted the opener, crossing into the container for Reiten to nonstop a sliding decorativeness into the bottommost corner.

Cuthbert scored her 50th Chelsea extremity erstwhile she robbed Josie Green of the shot and rounded Leicester goalkeeper Janina Leitzig to pat it into an bare nett and marque it 2-0.

Line-ups

Chelsea Women

Formation 4-2-3-1

30Berger
15Périsset
7Carter
16ErikssonSubstituted forBuchananat 76'minutes
21Charles
8Leupolz
22CuthbertSubstituted forIngleat 66'minutes
10JamesSubstituted forRytting Kanerydat 65'minutes
28Cankovic
11ReitenSubstituted forAbdullinaat 66'minutes
23HarderSubstituted forFlemingat 65'minutesBooked astatine 72mins

Substitutes

1Musovic
5Ingle
13Svitková
17Fleming
18Mjelde
19Rytting Kaneryd
20Kerr
26Buchanan
27Abdullina

Leicester City Women

Formation 4-2-3-1

33Leitzig
4Bott
30Mace
2Nevin
23Purfield
14GreenSubstituted forRobinsonat 64'minutes
3Tierney
19SiemsenSubstituted forO'Brienat 75'minutes
20Goodwin
10Whelan
21CainBooked astatine 73minsSubstituted forPikeat 75'minutes

Substitutes

1Lambourne
8Pike
16Jones
27O'Brien
28Levell
34Smith
40Robinson
41Reavill

Referee:Rebecca Welch

Attendance:1,308

Live Text

Match ends, Chelsea Women 6, Leicester City Women 0.
Second Half ends, Chelsea Women 6, Leicester City Women 0.
Goal! Chelsea Women 6, Leicester City Women 0. Jelena Cankovic (Chelsea Women) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container to the apical close corner. Assisted by Niamh Charles.
Foul by Melanie Leupolz (Chelsea Women).
Sam Tierney (Leicester City Women) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Attempt missed. Jemma Purfield (Leicester City Women) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container misses to the right. Assisted by Shannon O'Brien.
Jelena Cankovic (Chelsea Women) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Catherine Bott (Leicester City Women).
Attempt saved. Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (Chelsea Women) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is saved successful the bottommost close corner. Assisted by Jelena Cankovic.
Attempt missed. Catherine Bott (Leicester City Women) close footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is close, but misses the apical close corner.
Foul by Jelena Cankovic (Chelsea Women).
Shannon O'Brien (Leicester City Women) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Alsu Abdullina (Chelsea Women) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Molly Pike (Leicester City Women).
Offside, Leicester City Women. Monique Robinson tries a done ball, but Shannon O'Brien is caught offside.
Offside, Leicester City Women. Courtney Nevin tries a done ball, but Jemma Purfield is caught offside.
Substitution, Chelsea Women. Kadeisha Buchanan replaces Magdalena Eriksson.
Substitution, Leicester City Women. Molly Pike replaces Hannah Cain.
Substitution, Leicester City Women. Shannon O'Brien replaces Remy Siemsen.
Foul by Jess Carter (Chelsea Women).