Chelsea overcome red card to beat Spurs and open up four-point WSL lead

Chelsea came from behind and battled back following the sending-off of their goalkeeper, Ann-Katrin Berger, to earn a 3-1 win from a feisty match with Tottenham and maintain their title charge.

Sam Kerr was once again the hero, heading in in the 70th minute to put Chelsea ahead for the first time and help extend their lead over Arsenal, who play away at Everton in the late kick-off, to four points. Guro Reiten had cancelled out Sophie Ingle’s own goal in the first half shortly before Berger’s red, but Kerr’s second-half header and Jessie Fleming late strike gave the visiting team the win.

If there were banana skins on the path to the league title, with Chelsea four games away from retaining the trophy prior to kick-off, then these back-to-back WSL games against Tottenham, with the teams meeting again at Kingsmeadow on Thursday night, are perhaps the slipperiest.

Rehanne Skinner’s Tottenham have fallen out of contention after a strong start to the season, a 10-point gap between themselves and Manchester United in fourth on 38 points, albeit with two games in hand, means that Champions League football is not impossible but extremely unlikely.

Having earned a 2-1 win over Manchester City and taken a point off both United and Arsenal, Tottenham have learned how to compete against the league’s best.

Liverpool enjoyed a 6-1 win over Sheffield United to cement their promotion and title-winning campaign in the FA Women’s Championship.  

At Prenton Park, Katie Stengel scored twice, with Leanne Kiernan, Melissa Lawley, Missy Bo Kearns and Jasmine Matthews also on the scoresheet before the players and staff celebrated with the trophy after the final home game of the season. 

With a game to play, London City Lionesses beat Bristol