Chelsea stroll to WSL title as soon as extra as profitable machine rolls on
hile the ultimate day of the Women’s Super League threatened to throw up a dramatic finish to the marketing campaign, the relentless profitable machine is that Chelsea slightly spoiled the celebration for the impartial.
For the fourth time in a row, Emma Hayes and her facet reign over English soccer as champions.
They wanted to lose to now-relegated Reading and see Manchester United beat Liverpool with the intention to hand over their grip on the trophy and people thrill-seekers on the lookout for some title pleasure might have been convincing themselves that would certainly occur.
The Royals, in any case, have been a tough staff to interrupt down in earlier years and United’s season has been one stuffed with nice strides ahead.
Still, there is just too a lot expertise within the Chelsea ranks for that to realistically occur.
Even a draw on the Select Car Leasing Stadium would imply Marc Skinner’s United needed to win by six clear objectives, a outcome that by no means appeared probably.
Where the Red Devils had been stifled by Liverpool’s urgent in midfield, Chelsea loved freedom of the park in Berkshire.
Guro Reiten was afforded an excessive amount of time to work the ball right into a crossing place and the Norwegian’s silky footwork acquired her as much as the byline, delivering a teasing ball for Sam Kerr to go house after she’d handed her marker with ease.
Though Reading briefly threatened when Justine Vanhaevermaet put a header extensive from shut vary, the hosts would quickly develop into architects of their very own downfall. Easther Mayi Kith did not cope with what seemed a easy lengthy ball, permitting Reiten to pounce and double Chelsea’s lead on the stroke of half-time.
The second-half handed largely with out incident at Reading till Kerr bagged a brace after a fast one-two with the publish within the dying embers, though United followers did get one thing to toast what has been a superb season when Lucia Garcia scored a late purpose at Prenton Park.
For Chelsea, there have been emotional goodbyes to Pernille Harder and Magdalena Eriksson as two stalwarts of success bid farewell to the membership.
That, nonetheless, is unlikely to be sufficient to see them cede a lot floor to their rivals. United had nominally pushed all of them the way in which this season and it nonetheless felt like a forgone conclusion on the ultimate day.
The dynasty continues.