Women's Super League: Khadija Shaw passes 100-goal mark with brace against Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur fumble three-goal lead at Manchester United

Khadija Shaw scored her 100th, 101st, 102nd and 103rd club goals for Manchester City in a whopping 6-1 victory over Aston Villa in Manchester. The Jamaican netted an unforgettable four strikes as Andree Jeglertz's side moved six points clear of Chelsea at the top of the Women's Super League. Chelsea were also back to winning ways, while Tottenham Hotspur let a three-goal lead slip.

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Manchester City made light work of Aston Villa to restore their six-point buffer at the top of the Women's Super League (WSL), while Chelsea also bounced back on Sunday.

Khadija Shaw struck four times in a 6-1 thumping at Joie Stadium, as Aoba Fujino and Vivianne Miedema were also on target on a comfortable afternoon for the league leaders.

Shaw put City ahead in the 37th minute with her 100th goal for the club, bursting into the box and getting on the end of Miedema's cross to poke home.

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She added a second on the stroke of half-time when she picked the ball up in the box and expertly beat Anna Patten before slotting past Sabrina D'Angelo.

Fujino finished off an end-to-end move on the hour mark to score City's third, benefitting from a slight deflection to all but wrap up the three points.

Lucy Parker pulled a goal back for Villa as the match entered its final stages, but Miedema - who had already registered two assists on the day - got among the goals with a close-range tap-in.

Shaw claimed her hat-trick with six minutes to play, slipping the ball through D'Angelo's legs after a mazy run, before adding a fourth in the dying seconds with a scrappy finish.

The win meant that Man City regained their six-point lead at the top of the WSL after Arsenal had briefly cut their lead to five with victory over Everton on Saturday.

Chelsea down Brighton

City, on 30 points, lead Chelsea, who racked up 24 points with a comfortable 3-0 win over Brighton.

Sandy Baltimore opened the scoring for The Blues just before half-time with a fine strike, lofting the ball over Sophie Baggaley's head from the corner of the penalty box.

A Caitlin Hayes own goal gifted Chelsea a second when she headed into her own net, before Alyssa Thompson slotted a third into the bottom-left corner.

Spurs fumble to share points in six-goal thriller

It was a frantic encounter between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United, who drew 3-3 at Leigh Sports Village.

Spurs took a dream 3-0 lead thanks to first-half goals from Bethany England and Eveliina Summanen, before Martha Thomas added a third on 62 minutes.

But United fought hard, getting a goal back through Ella Toone, before Fridolina Rolfo found a second with eight minutes of normal time to play.

In the dying seconds, the Swedish striker scored her second of the match to salvage a point for United, who sit in fourth place and nine points adrift of leaders Man City.

Fridolina Rolfo scores for Manchester United.

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Elsewhere, 10-player Liverpool missed the chance to leapfrog West Ham United after drawing 2-2 with The Hammers.

Liverpool, bottom of the division without a win and two points behind West Ham, were reduced to 10 when Gemma Bonner was sent off in the 19th minute.

Riko Ueki opened the scoring for West Ham just before the hour mark, but Liverpool swiftly levelled through Mia Enderby.

Anna Csiki put West Ham back in front 10 minutes later, but Liverpool did not settle for a ninth defeat of the season, as Beata Olsson equalised with three minutes to go.

Meanwhile, Shannon O'Brien scored the only goal of the game as Leicester City overcame London City Lionesses 1-0 to move six points clear of the drop zone.

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