WSL roundup: Chelsea thrash Bristol City 8-0 to take control of title race
Guro Reiten scores four as Chelsea grab goal difference edgeLiverpool 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.
