Chelsea 6-0 Leicester: Pernille Tougher nets brace as Blues heat up for FA Cup last with hammering over lowly Foxes as they proceed to chase one other WSL title
- Tougher netted her second double in as many video games as Emma Hayes’ facet ran riot
- Gueo Reiten, Erin Cuthbert, Lauren James and Jelena Cankovic additionally scored
- Chelsea face Manchester United within the FA Cup last at Wembley on Sunday
Pernille Tougher scored twice as Chelsea warmed up for the FA Cup last by shifting a degree behind Girls’s Tremendous League leaders Manchester United because of a 6-0 thrashing of lowly Leicester.
Emma Hayes’ reigning champions, who face United at Wembley on Sunday, took management of the competition courtesy of Guro Reiten’s eighth-minute end and Erin Cuthbert’s fiftieth purpose for the membership.
Tougher’s second double in as many video games – following a brace in Sunday’s 7-0 thrashing over Everton – put the end result past doubt earlier than the break.
Lauren James stretched the Blues’ benefit with a shocking solo purpose within the 56th minute earlier than Jelena Cankovic accomplished the scoring in added time with one other spectacular strike.
Second-placed Chelsea, who’ve gained 4 league matches in a row, have a sport in hand on title rivals United and an equivalent purpose distinction.
Pernille Tougher scored one other brace for Chelsea because the Blues beat lowly Leicester 6-0
The strikes meant Tougher has now scored two braces in as many video games for the WSL favourites
Emma Hayes’ facet have their league destiny in their very own fingers and face Manchester United within the FA Cup last on Sunday
Relegation-threatened Leicester – thumped 8-0 at house by the Blues in December – stay two factors above backside membership Studying with two video games to go following their fifteenth defeat of a tough marketing campaign.
The night was at all times going to be tough for the Foxes, and so they could also be considerably happy the rating stayed as little as six on this event.
The hosts loved loads off probabilities and netted six occasions to ship their followers house glad and enhance their purpose distinction as they proceed to chase United.
The league is in their very own fingers with simply three video games left to play, whereas they are going to look to raise their third FA Cup in as a few years on the weekend.
