Guro Reiten’s first-half penalty stored up Chelsea’s excellent begin to the season and secured a twelfth successive victory for Sonia Bompastor with a 1-0 win over Man Utd.
The Blues opened up a five-point hole on the high of the WSL in the one recreation of the weekend with out getting out of second gear at Kingsmeadow, and by no means appeared in peril of dropping their lead as soon as they went forward after 17 minutes.
The aim which ended Man Utd’s personal unbeaten begin got here after Simi Awujo was caught in possession in her personal half by Erin Cuthbert, and after feeding Mayra Ramirez, a one-two with Maika Hamano set her into the field, the place she was introduced down by Phallon Tullis-Joyce.
Reiten, who had already scored in every of her earlier three WSL video games, made it 4 in a row from 12 yards with an ideal penalty, regardless of the Man Utd goalkeeper guessing the proper method.
Man Utd got here into the weekend with the league’s meanest defence however the hosts appeared probably the most watertight in South London for a lot of the recreation. The guests registered solely a single shot till the final minute of regular time, when Melvine Malard crashed an effort in opposition to the crossbar out of nothing.
Chelsea ought to have already added to their lead by that time, with Johanna Rytting Kaneryd responsible of failing to sq. for a Ramirez tap-in after half-time, whereas Cuthbert additionally pulled a fingertip cease out of Tullis-Joyce.
Shortly earlier than Malard’s close to miss, Ramirez ought to have complemented her first-half penalty win with a aim of her personal, however fired straight at Tullis-Joyce from Kaneryd’s pull-back.
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