Sport London e Benfica 0 Brentford Women 10: Cheatley and Phillips hat-tricks as Bees hit double figures | OneFootball

Brentford Women hit 10 past Sport London e Benfica in a 10-0 win in their penultimate game in the London and South East Premier division at Rectory Park.

Alissa Down opened the scoring and Freya Worsley scored a brace before Ashley Cheatley recorded an 18-minute hat-trick from the bench. Captain Maddie Phillips then also scored a hat-trick with Paula Holguin rounding off the double-figure win against the 10-player Benfica.

Renai McCrea broke forward from left-back to create the Bees' first real sight of goal, but curled her effort over the bar after a good touch and set from Maï Louvrier.

Louvrier then had a chance herself on 12 minutes after Chelsie Berry found her on the edge of the box. The midfielder shifted the ball away from a defender and fired a right-footed strike that Amanda O'Neill held on to well.

Carly Williams' side were beginning to find their flow and Worsley got on the end of an excellent team move a quarter of an hour into the game. Makeba Black switched the ball perfectly to Becca Teale, whose cross was met by Worsley's head but O'Neill denied her the opener again.

In the previous league meeting between the sides, Down scored a goal of the season contender. In this clash, she may have scored an even better goal. On 20 minutes, she spotted the keeper off her line and lifted the ball over her from 40 yards out to give the Bees the lead.

Five minutes later and the west Londoners had a second. Louvrier had an effort saved from the edge of the box but Worsley was quickest to react to tuck home the rebound from close range.

Just before the half-time whistle, Berry forced an excellent save from O'Neill; her strike from the edge of the box curled toward the bottom corner but the Benfica goalkeeper got down just in time to tip it round the post and Brentford went into the break 2-0 up.

Williams made three changes at the break with Cheatley, Holguin and Khyri McKenzie replacing Berry, Louvrier and Ilana Harris-Walters.

Those changes worked instantly; on 54 minutes the Bees had a third. It was a brilliant team goal as Black split Benfica open with an excellent pass to Katie Gilligan on the right, whose perfect cross was turned home by Worsley for her second of the day.

Cheatley then hit a quick-fire double, on 55 and 57 minutes. First she drove into the box from the left and bent an expertly placed finish into the bottom corner. Then, two minutes later, Teale slid her through one-on-one and she was equally cool to tuck home her second and Brentford's fifth.

Black had a great chance shortly after as Worsley, on a hat-trick, was unselfish to lay her off inside the area, but the centre-half lifted her strike just over the crossbar.

Then, just 18 minutes after coming off the bench, Cheatley completed her hat-trick, sending O'Neill the wrong way with her eyes and finding the bottom-left corner with plenty of time to decide, making it 6-0.

Williams' side were rampant and had a seventh when skipper Phillips scored her fourth goal in four games from close range with a powerful strike.

Following Phillips' strike, Benfica were reduced to 10 as O'Neill was forced off with an injury, and with no substitutes available, midfielder Rhia Benjamin adopted the gloves. The Bees capitalised as Holguin juggled the ball around her defender and finished comfortably to make it eight.

On 83 minutes, Phillips doubled her tally for the day with the west Londoners' ninth, finishing well from range after a set back from Worsley, before the captain completed her hat-trick with a powerful strike from the spot three minutes later.

It was a ruthless display from Brentford in their penultimate game in the LSE Premier, before they head to Millwall Lionesses on Sunday 3 May (2.30pm kick-off BST) for their final fixture of the season.

Benfica: O'Neill, Gomez, Fawcett, Campos, Torres, Lopes Ferreira, Debek, Benjamin, Akeju, Redman, McNally

Brentford: Reeves-Priestley, Potter, Harris-Walters (Paula 46), Down, McCrea, Louvrier (McKenzie 46), Worsley, Berry (Cheatley 46), Black, Teale, Gilligan (Phillips 62)

Carly Williams on ruthless 10-0 victory

Brentford Women head coach Carly Williams said she was proud of her sides relentlessness in their second half display against Sport London e Benfica.

"We've had weeks without games so it was a fantastic and ruthless performance today," she said.

"We came in at half time and there were bits that we needed to fix, so to come out and perform like that is a testament to our standards and expectations."

"We've worked hard this season to build a culture. I can drive it from the sideline, but the girls have to do it on the pitch and they did that really well today in terms of how we want to play."