Chelsea thrash Manchester United to win WSL title as Hayes bids farewell
The screams of delight from the departing Emma Hayes in her technical area, the roar and chest-thumping of the injured Sam Kerr sat high above the dugout, and the chaotic flailing arms from the jubilant corner of fans in blue. Chelsea are Womenβs Super League champions for a fifth time in a row having thrashed the FA Cup winners Manchester United 6-0 at Old Trafford.
Those scenes came within 10 minutes. Thatβs all it took. In the end it was all a little anticlimactic, Chelseaβs two goals inside those eight minutes enough to give them an almost insurmountable four-goal advantage on goal difference over Manchester City. By half-time, despite City leading 1-0 at Aston Villa, Chelsea had doubled their tally and extended their advantage, going in four up β Sjoeke NΓΌsken and the utterly unplayable Mayra RamΓrez adding to the latterβs opener and Johanna Rytting Kanerydβs goal. Melanie Leupolz added a fifth after the break as they ran up the numbers and there was an emotional sixth from the departing record goalscorer Fran Kirby, but it wasnβt needed, with City only limping to a 2-1 win.
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