Women’s Super League: Manchester City beat Tottenham, Chelsea snatch victory against Aston Villa
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Updated 13/03/2022 at 17:29 GMT
Manchester City beat Tottenham in the early kick-off at the Hive Stadium in the Women’s Super League with a bundled goal from Caroline Weir, Sam Kerr leaves it late for Chelsea at Aston Villa and league strugglers Birmingham lose to West Ham.
Eveliina Summanen of Tottenham Hotspur and Lauren Hemp of Manchester City during the Barclays FA Women's Super League match between Tottenham Hotspur Women and Manchester City Women at The Hive on March 13, 2022 in Barnet, England.
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Manchester City beat Tottenham 1-0 in the Women’s Super League at the Hive Stadium with a bundled goal from Caroline Weir in the second half.
It was Weir’s fifth goal in four appearances for City, coming at the end of a flowing move and fizzed low cross from Hayley Raso that Tottenham failed to clear.
Weir was central to the Man City threat, linking play, driving forward and hitting the post with a precisely curled free-kick from 25 yards.
Tottenham limited Man City with a well-drilled defence giving up very few chances in the first half.
Spurs striker Kyah Simon was forced off with a dislocated finger in the first half after a bright start for the Australian.
Both teams are pushing for the top three and the Champions League qualification places. Tottenham knew that three points today would take them level with Manchester United in third.
Man City had entered the game as favourites as they began to build the form, and point tally, that has seen them finish no lower than second since 2015. The win sees them just five points below their Manchester rivals in third.
Kerr strikes late as Chelsea keep pressure on Arsenal
Sam Kerr scored for Chelsea in the dying moments to deny Aston Villa a deserved point as the Blues ran out 1-0 winners.
It was a simple goal for the home team, with the bounce of Zecira Musovic's long ball deceiving the home defence and allowing Kerr to pounce.
Kerr had thought she had broken the deadlock 10 minutes earlier, but she had mistimed her run and was just offside.
Chelsea almost took the lead within ten minutes when Guro Reiten latched onto a pass Millie Bright. They started slowly but this was an early warning to Aston Villa.
Villa had held their own until the goal and deserved to be level going into half-time.
But it was not to be for the team currently sitting 10th. Chelsea meanwhile keep up the pressure on leaders Arsenal at the top of the table, just four points shy with a game in hand.
Strugglers Birmingham go down to Leon goal for West Ham
West Ham won 1-0 at struggling Birmingham courtesy of a goal from Adriana Leon that saw the league’s bottom club cut further adrift at the foot of the table.
Leon’s finish was unconventional but effective as she latched onto Katerina Svitkova's corner.
The home side pushed for the equaliser and deserved at least a point but the Hammers held on for the final whistle.
Despite a lack of gilt-edged chances, Birmingham looked the more likely to claim the match’s second goal.
But West Ham continued to frustrate the league’s strugglers and could have doubled their advantage at the death, Lisa Evans firing just wide deep into the fourth minute of added time.
Birmingham are eight points below Leicester and look unlikely to claw back the deficit, despite a heroic performance here.
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