WSL roundup: Chelsea thrash Bristol City 8-0 to take control of title race
- Guro Reiten scores four as Chelsea grab goal difference edge
- Liverpool 1-0 Manchester United; West Ham 1-1 Leicester
Guro Reiten’s four-goal salvo helped Chelsea turn up the heat on Women’s Super League leaders Manchester City with a 8-0 thrashing of Bristol City on a dramatic day when the title race was blown open. A midweek loss for Chelsea at Liverpool put Manchester City in the driving seat, with Emma Hayes saying she thought her side’s challenge was over, but the pacesetters were stunned by Arsenal in a 2-1 home defeat on Sunday.
Victory for Gareth Taylor’s team over Arsenal would have meant they needed only a point from their final-day fixture at Aston Villa to claim the league championship. Yet Chelsea took full advantage of Manchester City’s slip by pummelling an already-relegated Bristol City in manager Hayes’s final fixture at Kingsmeadow to bring the prospect of goal difference settling the league winner back into play.
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Chelsea thrash Manchester United to win WSL title as Hayes bids farewell
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Man City come up short in 'cruellest' WSL title race
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Hayes relieved after 'toughest' WSL title with Chelsea
Emma Hayes says Chelsea's fifth successive Women's Super League title has been "the toughest, without doubt".BBC News - Top stories -
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WSL title race 'all comes down to this'
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Chelsea hand Hayes the perfect send-off with rout to seal WSL title
Chelsea needed to beat Manchester United to win the WSL title and they did so, 6-0, to send legendary boss Emma Hayes off in style.ESPN - Sports -
Emma Hayes praises progress after Chelsea win seventh WSL title: 'Women's football now is a serious business'
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Emma Hayes ‘hasn’t got another drop to give’ after Chelsea WSL title triumph
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Emma Hayes takes emotion out of Chelsea farewell with title up for grabs
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