Wednesday May 25th
FA WSL 1
Liverpool 0-0 Manchester City (Att: 936)
Chelsea 2-1 Sunderland (Att: 1,397)
Chelsea 2-1 Sunderland
Chelsea go into the mid-season break four points behind leaders Man City and with a game in hand after a narrow victory over a winless Sunderland.
But the Black Cats did take the lead after only 6 minutes as Beth Mead set up Steph Roche to fire past Hedvig Lindahl.
The advantage only lasted a couple of minutes until Katie Chapman rose to head in Karen Carney’s free-kick.
Chelsea had turned the match in teir favour by mideay through the first half, with Fran Kirby nodding Eniola Aluko’s cross past Rachael Laws.
Laws had to deny Aluko twice after the break, Ji So-Yun, Gemma Davison, Carney and Kirby also went close for Chelsea, while a deflected Rachel Furness shot was the closest Sunderland got to a leveller.
Liverpool 0-0 Manchester
Fourth-placed Liverpool brought an end to Manchester City’s perfect start by denying them a seventh win on the trot, although they are still yet to concede a single goal.
Liverpool began well but Caroline Weir shot straight at Karen Bardsley, the visitors quickly responding as a 20-yard Nikita Parris effort forced Siobhan Chamberlain into a full stretch tip round the post.
Liverpool were happy to soak up the City possession but on 34 minutes a shot from Jane Ross was deflected wide before Toni Duggan blazed over the bar from the resultant corner.
Both sides had a bit more purpose after the break and Jennifer Beattie fired a 25-yard volley wide on 55 minutes for the league leaders.
Bronze then drilled a left foot shot straight at Chamberlain, before forcing the Liverpool stopper to tip a fiercer effort over the bar moments later.
The best chance of the match arrived for Liverpool 12 minutes from time, when Rosie White headed a corner from Laura Coombs onto the bar.
Pictured – Katie Chapman heads home for Chelsea. (Photo: fawsl.com)
