Chelsea Women

Behind to two quality first half strikes, Gareth Taylor and Manchester City shook up the WSL title race, leaving the Chelsea Women asking questions again.

With Bright potentially coming back from her knee injury in time for Thursday’s battle with Lyon, the memory of everyone at the club has to be short. Hayes and the rest of the club know that. Being a top side in European football means having to deal with the lack of recovery time. A victory at the Academy Stadium would have put the west London outfit in complete control of the title race. Seven matches remain for Chelsea Women in the 2022/23 WSL campaign. Hayes made just two changes from the mid-week clash in southeast France.

Little change from the starting eleven that faced Lyon last week besides Maren Mjelde and Magda Eriksson, with the former filling in for the injured Millie ...

The second half showing could have given us some hope that the Blues would be able to learn from their mistakes of present and past and at least equalize. - Taking James off for Kaneryd, who has yet to show why we invested on her, was a really baffling decision from Emma. Changes were needed and manager Emma Hayes answered in the first half already, taking out Sophie Ingle and Lauren James for Niamh Charles and Johanna Rytting Kaneryd. It would be difficult for Chelsea to recover given the difference in energy levels itself. While Manchester City’s early bad form in the previous season made it so the Women’s Super League championship battle would boil down to Chelsea Women and Arsenal, this has not been the case for the Citizens this season. However Chelsea did get quite close to scoring thanks to Sam Kerr twice, who had a great chance wrongly deemed offside and then mishit her second attempt; followed by Sophie Ingle, forcing a good save from Ellie Roebuck.

Fine finishes from Filippa Angeldahl and Lauren Hemp in the first half earned a well-deserved 2-0 victory for City as defending champions Chelsea offered little ...

A poor clearance from Chelsea goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger paved the way for the opener in the 21st minute as Hemp found Angeldahl, who made the most of the space afforded to her by picking out the top corner for her first WSL goal. Nine minutes later it was two, Hemp this time applying the finishing touch with a volley lashed into the corner with the outside of her left foot after Chelsea failed to clear a cross. Fine finishes from Filippa Angeldahl and Lauren Hemp in the first half earned a well-deserved 2-0 victory for City as defending champions Chelsea offered little in front of goal.

Ellie Roebuck, back in WSL action after missing the match at Brighton two weeks ago, was called into action to prevent Sam Kerr from beating her at the near ...

The England winger wasted no time and arrowed a first-time strike into the corner of the goal to leave Chelsea shell-shocked. However, City defence was strongly marshalled by Houghton and Alex Greenwood as the visitors struggled to break through. Taking a touch, the Swede floated a magnificent strike beyond the keeper and into the top corner to give City the lead. They would be the best chances Chelsea had as City took a grip on the game and forced the visitors back into their own half. Although the blues were excellent in the first half, City didn’t have everything their own way and it was the visitors who had the better of the opening exchanges. [Manchester City](https://bitterandblue.sbnation.com) Women affirmed their position in the WSL title race with a convincing win over reigning champions Chelsea at the Academy Stadium.

Liverpool and Everton played out a thrilling Merseyside derby on Friday night, before Arsenal and Manchester United laid down title race markers on Saturday.

[Tottenham](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/tottenham-hotspur-women-fc) survive this season or not - their women's team needs a huge overall in the summer. Leicester host the Royals themselves next weekend in what could be a huge chance to start their final push for survival. Spurs have gone backwards in the last year and nothing showed that more than a 5-1 defeat to Arsenal. Beth England showed her class to convert a penalty and reduce the deficit. And arguably the best came on Sunday when Man City beat [Chelsea](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/chelsea-fc) in the league for the first time under Gareth Taylor [ after a 2-0 win at Academy Stadium.](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/emma-hayes-city-chelsea-wsl-29554358) “This team still needs a lot of work at how we compete with the best in the league. A fanatical crowd saw an enthralling clash at Goodison Park in the Merseyside derby, as The home of Everton hosted the famous 1920 Boxing Day game between St Helens and Dick Kerr Ladies in front of 53,000 fans. But once Captain Katie Zelem put United ahead with a penalty after a poor challenge by Hawa Cissoko on Alessia Russo, the game turned. Filippa Angeldahl, who along with Yui Hasegawa ran the engine room, struck a stunning opener after 20 minutes to ignite the contest. [Women's Football Weekend ](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/womens-football-weekend-wsl-championship-29522718)did not disappoint. The top four sides in the table are now only separated by three points.

Manchester City's win over Chelsea has blown the Women's Super League title race wide open, with Manchester United remaining top of the table.

And who should be concerned by the weekend's action? So, who were the impressive performers over three entertaining days of football? There was plenty going on at the other end of the table, too.

Manchester City's win over Chelsea has blown the Women's Super League title race wide open, with Manchester United remaining top of the table.

And who should be concerned by the weekend's action? So, who were the impressive performers over three entertaining days of football? There was plenty going on at the other end of the table, too.

Chelsea Women, last week, achieved a historic outcome by winning 1-0 against Lyon Féminin in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final, ...

This highly anticipated match is expected to draw a large number of viewers from around the world, as both teams are among the top contenders in the Women's Super League. Ingle and Leupolz will be the midfielders, while James, Cuthbert, and Reiten will form the attacking trio. [Chelsea](/topic/chelsea)Women, last week, achieved a historic outcome by winning 1-0 against Lyon Féminin in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final, played away from home.