Chelsea close to retaining the Women's Super League title after beating London rivals Tottenham 2-1 at Kingsmeadow

Chelsea are two wins away from a third successive Women’s Super League title after beating Tottenham 2-1 to go four points clear at the top. Emma Hayes’ team have played a game more than fellow challengers Arsenal, so dropped points for their London rivals could see them crowned champions even sooner.

Ad/> Meeting for the second time in just five days, Chelsea continued where they left off in the previous match by taking control when in-form Beth England headed in the opener from a Jonna Andersson cross to collect her eighth goal of the season. Barclays FA WSLArsenal breeze past Everton to keep pace with Chelsea24/04/2022 AT 16:27 'Only one team deserved to win' — Tuchel frustrated as Chelsea fail to kill off Man Utd Chelsea must view Man Utd's decline as warning for post-Abramovich era Arsenal breeze past Everton to keep pace with Chelsea The hosts dominated the first half at Kingsmeadow and were only denied a second when Guro Reiten’s effort was brilliantly turned away by Tinja-Riikka Korpela in the Spurs goal.

It took until the final minute of the first half for Tottenham to have their first effort on goal, but they made it count. Kerys Harrop met a free kick at the near post to flick the ball past Zecira Musovic and level the match totally against the run of play.

It marked the end of an incredible defensive run for Chelsea, who had not conceded at home in a league match since the start of October before Harrop’s equaliser. The parity did not last long though, with Emma Hayes’ team hitting back like champions to restore their advantage.

Just a minute after being pegged back, Pernille Harder showed great skill to skip past a defender on the right hand side, before crossing to find Sam Kerr who headed past Korpela. />