Chelsea Women moved to within a point of Women’s Super League leaders Manchester United with a dominant 6-0 win over Leicester City. Guro Reiten opened the scoring in the 13th minute, latching onto a cross from Pernille Harder to send a sliding finish into the bottom corner. Erin Cuthbert then doubled the lead when she robbed Josie Green of the ball and rounded Janina Leitzig to tap it into an empty net. Harder then added her own goal just before half-time, before Lauren James and Jelena Cankovic rounded off the success in the second half.
Chelsea Women’s line-up was: Berger, Périsset, Carter, Eriksson (Buchanan 76′), Charles, Leupolz, Cuthbert (Ingle 66′), James (Rytting Kaneryd 65′), Cankovic, Reiten (Abdullina 66′), Harder (Fleming 65′). Leicester City Women’s line-up was: Leitzig, Bott, Mace, Nevin, Purfield (Robinson 64′), Green, Tierney, Siemsen (O’Brien 75′), Goodwin, Whelan (Pike 75′), Cain. The referee was Rebecca Welch and attendance was 1,308.