Chelsea, Man City & Arsenal secure big wins

We’re into the ultimate stretch of the WSL season now, and issues are getting tense at each ends of the desk.

This weekend we have seen probably decisive leads to the battle to keep away from relegation in addition to the search for glory on the prime finish, whereas we additionally realized who can be becoming a member of the highest flight subsequent season, as Leicester clinched the Ladies’s Championship with three video games to spare.

The enjoyable kicked off on Saturday afternoon when West Ham popped up with one of many weekend’s shock outcomes. The Irons, embroiled in a relegation scrap, took on a Studying workforce sitting protected in mid-table, and breathed fireplace into their survival hopes with a surprising 5-0 win.

Kenza Dali, Katerina Svitkova and Martha Thomas had them 3-0 to the nice inside 11 minutes, earlier than two additional strikes from Thomas – each earlier than half-time – accomplished a complete win.

However she wasn’t the one hat-trick hero of the weekend. Leaders Chelsea picked up a powerful win of their very own, they usually have been impressed by the prolific Sam Kerr, whose first half treble bought them on their solution to a 6-0 win over Birmingham that strengthened their title credentials.

With Chelsea laying a marker down, Manchester Metropolis needed to reply, particularly with the 2 going through in a title showdown later this month. They usually did simply that. Metropolis, nonetheless stinging from their Champions League exit by the hands of Barcelona, took out their frustrations on Tottenham as Caroline Weir capped off a cushty 3-0 win.

Arsenal‘s hopes of successful the trophy have been lifeless within the water for a while, however they obtained a shot within the arm of their quest for third as Vivienne Miedema impressed them to a thumping 4-0 win over Bristol Metropolis.

Issues bought even higher for the Gunners with the information of Brighton‘s win over Manchester United, permitting the Gunners to leap-frog them within the standings.

Elsewhere there was a routine win for Everton over Aston Villa, who are actually rooted to the underside of the desk – albeit having performed two video games fewer than Bristol forward of them.

Whoever goes down, although, can be changed by Leicester. The Foxes will play WSL soccer for the primary time of their historical past, as a 2-0 win over London Metropolis made positive of their standing as champions.

The following full spherical of WSL fixtures kicks off on Saturday 24 April.

Mark your diaries for Sunday twenty fifth – Manchester Metropolis vs Chelsea, with the destiny of the title at stake.