Man City vs Chelsea

Chelsea Women have had a historic result last week, beating Lyon Féminin away 1-0 in a Champions League quarter-final first leg.

[elsewhere](https://www.livesoccertv.com/match/4384254/manchester-city-vs-chelsea-fc/) One of which is forced, with captain Magda Eriksson stepping in for the injured Millie Bright. Chelsea Women have had a historic result last week, beating Lyon Féminin away 1-0 in a Champions League quarter-final first leg.

Manchester City moved up to second in the Barclays Women's Super League table with a hard-fought 2-0 win over reigning champions Chelsea.

[Gareth Taylor](https://www.mancity.com/players/gareth-taylor)’s side with an away trip to Arsenal our next assignment. [Gareth Taylor](https://www.mancity.com/players/gareth-taylor)’s side but with a game in hand. [Chloe Kelly](https://www.mancity.com/players/chloe-kelly)’s floated cross into the box, with [Laura Coombs](https://www.mancity.com/players/laura-coombs) knocking the ball back into the path of Hemp. [Gareth Taylor](https://www.mancity.com/players/gareth-taylor)’s side were in control, and number two would follow ten minutes later. [Lauren Hemp](https://www.mancity.com/players/lauren-hemp) doubled the advantage soon after with a stinging drive into the top corner to send the majority of the 5,000-strong Academy Stadium crowd into raptures. [Ellie Roebuck](https://www.mancity.com/players/ellie-roebuck) smothering Sam Kerr’s effort after the Australian had looked to poke in at the near post on the counter.

Chelsea manager Emma Hayes has explained why she subbed off both Lauren James and Sophie Ingle before half time in the 2-0 defeat to Manchester City.

THE BIGGER PICTURE: Chelsea have now dropped to third in the Women's Super League table, with Man City up to second - level on points with leaders Manchester United. I think it helped a little bit to bring freshness into the wide spaces and losing a midfielder. "The game was very difficult.

Manchester City shook up the Women's Super League (WSL) title race with a 2-0 win over reigning champions Chelsea on Sunday to move up to second place ...

However, the London side has a game in hand. Chelsea improved in the second half but struggled in the final third as City also slowed the tempo of the game down to deny the London side chances as it took the three points to set up a thrilling title race with six games left in the season. Manchester City shook up the Women’s Super League (WSL) title race with a 2-0 win over reigning champions Chelsea on Sunday to move up to second place behind leaders Manchester United, level on 38 points but behind on goal difference.

Chelsea manager Emma Hayes has explained why she subbed off both Lauren James and Sophie Ingle before half time in the 2-0 defeat to Manchester City.

THE BIGGER PICTURE: Chelsea have now dropped to third in the Women's Super League table, with Man City up to second - level on points with leaders Manchester United. I think it helped a little bit to bring freshness into the wide spaces and losing a midfielder. "The game was very difficult.

Women's Super League match Man City Women vs Chelsea Women 26.03.2023. Preview and stats followed by live commentary, video highlights and match report.

Manchester City took the first step towards delivering on head coach Gareth Taylor's demand to win all seven remaining matches when they beat defending ...

“That’s not to say that they still won’t, but if we’d lost today that would have been five points with a game in hand – at this stage of the season, I think that’s really too much," he said. The Chelsea manager felt her team looked “sluggish”, but added: “I don’t think people realise how tough it is to come up here with our third away game in seven days; really, really tough.” Both have a game in hand, and Arsenal still have pivotal fixtures to come against all three of the other challengers. Such is the extremely close nature of this engrossing, four-way title race, it is still Chelsea and Arsenal, the teams now in third and fourth, who can both say that mathematically their chances are in their own hands. They were not able to turn things around, though, and there were several glum faces in the west London team’s camp throughout the afternoon. Scarcely has the women’s game had a more open, closer-fought race for the crown.

Chelsea Women, last week, achieved a historic outcome by winning 1-0 against Lyon Féminin in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final, ...

This highly anticipated match is expected to draw a large number of viewers from around the world, as both teams are among the top contenders in the Women's Super League. Ingle and Leupolz will be the midfielders, while James, Cuthbert, and Reiten will form the attacking trio. [Chelsea](/topic/chelsea)Women, last week, achieved a historic outcome by winning 1-0 against Lyon Féminin in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final, played away from home.