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Lauren Hemp fired Manchester City 2 up of Chelsea successful the archetypal halfManchester City leapfrogged defending champions Chelsea to spell 2nd successful the Women's Super League with an awesome triumph implicit the Blues connected Sunday.
Filippa Angeldahl's brilliantly lofted 20th-minute onslaught enactment City up and Lauren Hemp rifled successful the second.
City's archetypal league triumph implicit Chelsea since 2017 means they lone way leaders Manchester United connected extremity quality astatine the apical of the table.
Chelsea are a constituent backmost successful 3rd but person a crippled successful hand.
This was their archetypal WSL decision since the opening crippled of the season, portion City stay unbeaten successful the league since a decision by Chelsea past September.
The gathering of the rubric contenders, which marked Women's Football Weekend, was watched by 5,222 fans astatine Academy Stadium, conscionable shy of City's grounds assemblage astatine their location stadium.
City emergence to situation successful must-win game
Speaking successful his pre-match quality conference, City manager Gareth Taylor said "we request to triumph this weekend, elemental arsenic that".
Those words intelligibly informed City's cognition to this game, arsenic they pressed Chelsea and produced 1 of their finest performances of the campaign.
The precocious property brought City six corners successful the archetypal 20 minutes, portion they perpetually attacked down the close wherever Chloe Kelly looked to chopped wrong with menace - and it was from the close broadside that the first-half goals came.
Angeldahl's opener was a delightful effort from the country of the box, her spot leaving Chelsea keeper Ann-Katrin Berger stranded.
Nine minutes later, Kelly's precocious transverse from the close was lone fractional cleared, allowing Hemp to crisply occurrence the escaped shot past Berger connected the fractional volley.
This was the 11th clip Hemp has some scored and assisted successful a WSL game, having acceptable up Angeldahl for the opener. Only Vivianne Miedema and Beth Mead person done truthful much often successful English top-flight games than the 22-year-old England international.
City looked each inch a broadside which person not mislaid successful 90 minutes since 25 September, and indispensable present beryllium considered a superior contender for the WSL title.
They could adjacent spend for WSL apical scorer Khadija Shaw - watched from the stands by chap Jamaican prima Usain Bolt - to person a uncommon disconnected day.
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Line-ups
Man City Women
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Roebuck
- 14Morgan
- 6Houghton
- 5Greenwood
- 4Aleixandri
- 12Angeldahl
- 25Hasegawa
- 7Coombs
- 9KellyBooked astatine 84mins
- 21Shaw
- 11HempBooked astatine 73minsSubstituted forBlakstadat 78'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Casparij
- 3Stokes
- 8Fowler
- 10Castellanos
- 13Raso
- 15Ouahabi
- 22MacIver
- 33Kennedy
- 41Blakstad
Chelsea Women
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 30Berger
- 18MjeldeSubstituted forCankovicat 67'minutes
- 26Buchanan
- 16Eriksson
- 7Carter
- 8Leupolz
- 5IngleSubstituted forCharlesat 36'minutes
- 10JamesSubstituted forRytting Kanerydat 36'minutes
- 22CuthbertSubstituted forFlemingat 80'minutes
- 11Reiten
- 20Kerr
Substitutes
- 1Musovic
- 15Périsset
- 17Fleming
- 19Rytting Kaneryd
- 21Charles
- 27Abdullina
- 28Cankovic
Referee:Paul Howard
Attendance:5,222
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Match ends, Manchester City Women 2, Chelsea Women 0.
Second Half ends, Manchester City Women 2, Chelsea Women 0.
Attempt missed. Sam Kerr (Chelsea Women) header from the centre of the container misses to the right. Assisted by Guro Reiten with a cross.
Attempt missed. Melanie Leupolz (Chelsea Women) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is conscionable a spot excessively high. Assisted by Guro Reiten with a cross.
Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.
Delay successful lucifer due to the fact that of an wounded Stephanie Houghton (Manchester City Women).
Attempt blocked. Guro Reiten (Chelsea Women) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Melanie Leupolz.
Attempt missed. Khadija Shaw (Manchester City Women) header from the centre of the container is conscionable a spot excessively high. Assisted by Chloe Kelly with a cross.
Offside, Chelsea Women. Melanie Leupolz tries a done ball, but Sam Kerr is caught offside.
Chloe Kelly (Manchester City Women) is shown the yellowish card.
Kadeisha Buchanan (Chelsea Women) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Chloe Kelly (Manchester City Women).
Corner, Chelsea Women. Conceded by Alex Greenwood.
Attempt blocked. Jessie Fleming (Chelsea Women) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Sam Kerr.
Substitution, Chelsea Women. Jessie Fleming replaces Erin Cuthbert due to the fact that of an injury.
Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.
Substitution, Manchester City Women. Julie Blakstad replaces Lauren Hemp.
Delay successful lucifer due to the fact that of an wounded Erin Cuthbert (Chelsea Women).
Attempt blocked. Laura Coombs (Manchester City Women) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Chloe Kelly.
Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City Women) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
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