Chelsea thrash Palace and boost WSL title pursuit | OneFootball

Chelsea Women cruised to a 4-0 home win over Crystal Palace as the Blues moved six points clear at the top of the WSL.

Scorers: Reiten 22', Macário 24', 50', Fishel 64'

Chelsea put early pressure on Palace and won a penalty after 20 minutes as Molly-Mae Sharpe handled in the area. Shae Yanez got a hand to Guro Reiten's following spot-kick that just about crept into the net.

Minutes later, the Blues carved through Palace's backline and Catarina Macário finished into the bottom corner from Ashley Lawrence's pass.

Palace's hopes of a comeback diminished just after half time when captain  Allyson Swaby was sent off for a last-ditch tackle on Sjoeke Nüsken outside the area.

Chelsea took full advantage of the resulting free-kick and Macário's deflected strike wrong-footed Yanez and flew into the net.

The Blues notched a fourth with 25 minutes remaining after Mia Fishel reacted first to Lucy Bronze's knockdown and poked into the net.

It was a dominant performance from Chelsea, who have a commanding league lead with just three games remaining, while Palace are now seven points adrift at the bottom of the WSL table.

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