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Chelsea picked up wherever they had near disconnected successful nan Women’s Super League pinch an industrious win. Sonia Bompastor had her Australian contingent to convey for nan goals pinch Ellie Carpenter and Sam Kerr scoring successful either half to seal victory.
All eyes were connected Hannah Hampton who had to woody pinch nan fallout from nan publication successful nan Guardian of extracts from Mary Earps’s caller book connected Friday night. In “All In”, which is to beryllium published adjacent week, nan erstwhile England No 1 revealed location had been a breakdown successful nan narration betwixt nan 2 goalkeepers until Earps retired earlier nan European Championships this summer.
The Chelsea goalkeeper was named successful nan lineup, arsenic she has been for each convention crippled this season. Bompastor made 2 changes to nan squad that had featured successful their Champions League triumph complete Paris FC. Lucy Bronze marked her return to afloat fitness, joining Millie Bright and Nathalie Björn successful a backmost 3 pinch Ellie Carpenter coming successful astatine wing-back.
Jocelyn Prêcheur will person been good alert of nan situation that faced his new-look London City broadside successful their first convention gathering pinch nan title holders. The WSL newcomers person impressed pinch 3 wins from their opening six games. England youngsters Freya Godfrey and Isobel Goodwin some started successful an unchanged squad from their past outing, a constrictive League Cup conclusion astatine nan hands of Leicester. Finding stableness and consistency has been cardinal for Prêcheur and pinch nan owner, Michele Kang, watching from nan stands, it was nan cleanable opportunity to spot really they tin execute against nan country’s apical side.
London City made a slow commencement and fell down wrong six minutes. Chelsea issued an early informing erstwhile Erin Cuthbert pounced connected a lax walk from Wassa Sangaré. The defender recovered brilliantly to artifact nan changeable but it was a motion of what was to come.
There was a uncommon commencement for Guro Reiten and nan 31-year-old was integral to nan opening extremity erstwhile Sandy Baltimore ran connected to her sweeping walk retired to nan left. The France world produced a vulnerable debased transverse that eluded nan outstretched Elene Lete and sat up connected a sheet for Carpenter to move home.
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The hosts maintained nan unit and chances continued to autumn their way. Both wing-backs were enjoying a batch of abstraction to tally into and deliveries into nan area from some sides were causing issues. Aggie Beever-Jones conscionable missed a curling Baltimore transverse earlier Sjoeke Nüsken headed Bronze’s transportation complete from an unmarked position.
Manchester City 1-0 West Ham
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Manchester City extended their winning tally to six matches pinch a 1-0 triumph complete West Ham to support nan unit connected Chelsea astatine nan apical of nan Women's Super League.
Aoba Fujino opened nan scoring successful nan first half earlier Gracie Prior struck nan crossbar successful nan 2nd period.
West Ham enactment rooted to nan ft of nan array having mislaid each 7 of their matches, and person now grounded to people successful 4 consecutive games.
City dominated passim astatine nan Joie Stadium and took a deserved lead pinch 26 minutes gone. Shelina Zadorsky mislaid nan shot to Vivianne Miedema who drove towards nan visitors' area earlier playing successful Fujino who struck first time.
Rehanne Skinner's struggling broadside came adjacent to drafting level conscionable 10 minutes later erstwhile Viviane Asseyi's changeable clipped nan apical of nan bar.
Prior astir doubled City's advantage successful nan 70th infinitesimal erstwhile she roseate highest to meet Yui Hasegawa's free-kick only for her header to deed nan barroom earlier Miedema inadvertently blocked Fujino's follow-up.
Laura Blindkilde Brown wasted different bully opportunity for nan hosts pinch 10 minutes remaining earlier Khadija Shaw snatched astatine a chance successful nan closing stages.
Photograph: John Clifton/REUTERS
If location had been immoderate interest astir Hampton’s mindset coming into nan game, it was quickly put to furniture arsenic she put successful an assured performance. Goodwin was proving to beryllium London City’s astir vulnerable outlet. The 22-year-old had nan gait to get successful down nan Chelsea’s backline and group up Godfrey only for nan winger to neglect to link pinch her cross. Minutes later, she was done again but was denied by an alert Hampton who rushed retired of her area to artifact nan shot.
The visitors enjoyed 44% possession successful nan first half and Prêcheur’s broadside continued to push for an equaliser starring into nan break arsenic Goodwin fired complete from adjacent scope earlier nan referee waved distant a punishment outcry aft Sangaré went down successful nan box.
The crippled played retired successful overmuch nan aforesaid vein aft nan break pinch half chances astatine some ends. Godfrey registered nan visitors’ first changeable connected target early connected and Goodwin had yet much opportunities while Beever-Jones and Björn came adjacent down nan different end.
Chelsea consolidated their triumph successful nan closing stages arsenic Kerr marked her convention return to Stamford Bridge successful style. Her delicately struck decorativeness floated complete Lete heavy into injury-time to guarantee Chelsea maintained their 1 constituent lead complete Manchester City astatine nan apical of nan table.
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