Leicester v Chelsea: Women’s Super League – live | Women’s Super League

GOAL! Chelsea 4-0 Leicester (Macario 77)

72 min: It’s a giant second for Catarina Macario. She’s launched as a substitue after 20 months out with an ACL damage. She’s grinning from ear to ear on the touchline.

69 min: Chelsea aren’t completed but. Kaneryd and Sjoeke Nüsken play a superb one-two on the sting of the realm. Kaneryd chops again onto her left foot in comparable trend to her objective. Instead of capturing although, she passes the ball to Nüsken who hits a low strike in the direction of the underside left backside nook of the objective. Kop makes a implausible save at full stretch.

GOAL! Chelsea 3-0 Leicester (Kaneryd 64)

60 min: Chelsea have remained on prime within the second half. Emma Hayes’ facet look extra prone to rating than Leicester. The subsequent objective is essential.

47 min: “How do Chelsea get away with telling Columbia that Ramirez can’t go to the Gold Cup?” Redmond Grimes asks. “Surely FIFA rules state she should go?”

Colombia are usually not a member of the member of the organising confederation for the newly launched Gold Cup so her name as much as the nationwide facet isn’t obligatory.

It’s simply as nicely for Chelsea as a result of she’s been their star participant.

50 min: Ramírez has been the standout participant up to now. She picks up the ball the left and fires her try simply large of the fitting put up.

48 min: Momiki picks up the ball on the left and cuts in neatly. The midfielder traces up the shot and hits into in the direction of Hampton’s proper. It’s a cushty save however an indication that Leicester are nonetheless on this sport.

45 min: I’m wanting ahead to this second half as Leicester get the ball rolling.

Emma Hayes additionally spoke to Sky Sports. “You have to match that, earn the right in any football match, particularly in the first 45 minutes. There’s no surprises, you have to match that and then focus on your own qualities, the team knows what to do. I know the dressing room is looking forward to it.”

Leicester might want to present their identification within the second half. They’ll really feel barely arduous completed by with the possibilities they’ve created up to now.

Kirk spoke to Sky Sports. ““We are about our identity. We are defensively a lot better than last year. But for us we are much better in possession as well. We are scoring goals every game. We are scoring goals from every area of the pitch so it’s that which we want to focus on today.”

Apologies, I didn’t share the important thing takeaways from the managers’ pre match conferences.

Chelsea’s second objective was even higher.

Take a take a look at Chelsea’s opening objective.

Here’s a title race recap. Chelsea want a win to maintain the strain on their rivals.

HALF TIME Chelsea 2-0 Leicester

GOAL! Chelsea 2-0 Leicester (Ramírez 44)

42 min: Chelsea ought to have a penalty. Ramírez muscle tissue her means into the field regardless of Josephine Green’s finest makes an attempt to tug her to the ground. If she goes to floor, it’s absolutely a penalty.

40 min: It’s poor defending from Leicester reasonably than a terrific objective from Chelsea. Leicester half cleared the primary cross into the field, sending the ball up into the air. It appeared to bounce for an age earlier than Björn caught it in.

GOAL! Chelsea 1 – 0 Leicester (Björn 38)

33 min: Ramírez virtually has an opportunity to face Kop once more. The ahead is performed via and is 1 v 1 with the Leicester keeper. The offside flag is raised although.

31 min: Lize Kop is sort of caught in possession as Leicester attempt to play out from the again. The ball is performed again to the keeper close to to the Leicester’s nook flag on the left. Mayra Ramírez is on her in a flash however the referee calls a foul for the Colombian’s problem on Kop. It didn’t appear like a foul to me.

25 min: The sport has settled down a bit as Chelsea play the ball across the again. The match began like a basketball sport with probabilities at each ends. The gamers are having fun with a nicely deserved breather.

20 min: Emma Hayes appears to be like livid on the touchline. Chelsea have let Leicester again within the sport after a brilliant begin.

16 minute: Another probability for Leicester. Rantala breaks away on the fitting hand facet and drives her strike in the direction of Hampton’s proper. It’s a powerful save by the England keeper however the ball falls to Leicester’s Yuka Momiki. The Japanese midfielder locations her effort within the backside proper hand nook of the objective nevertheless it’s tipped around the put up by Hampton.

16 min: Leicester are beginning to develop into the sport after a nervy couple of minutes.

11 min: This sport has began at 100mph. Now it’s Leicester’s flip to assault. Jutta Rantala powers her means via various Chelsea challenges to fireside a strike at Hannah Hampton. It appears to be like like we’ve a contest on our fingers.

7 min: Chelsea win one other nook. The ball is swung in from the fitting and lands proper on Jelena Čanković’s head. It’s headed off the road by the Leicester defender on the road.

6 min: Niamh Charles threads a wonderful ball into Johanna Rytting Kaneryd onto the fitting hand facet. Kaneryd has loads of time however rushes her cross into the field. It’s out for a nook.

4 min: Chelsea have began this sport on the entrance foot. They appear like a facet with one thing to show after the Manchester City defeat.

1 min: Chelsea virtually rating instantly. The ball is whipped in from the fitting to Guro Reiten. The Norwegian is unable to cleanly join with the supply and it’s out for a nook.

1 min: Chelsea kick off, taking part in the ball from proper to left.

Kirk makes one change from the facet who beat Bristol City in February. Courtney Nevin replaces Shannon O’Brien on the again. O’Brien is injured after the worldwide break with England U23.

Emma Hayes makes 4 adjustments from the facet who misplaced to Manchester City. Most notably, Lauren James is just not out there at this time as a result of she has picked up 5 yellow playing cards this season. In extra constructive information for Chelsea, Catarina Macario is known as among the many substitutes after getting back from an anterior cruciate ligament damage.

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