"Chelsea's reign as English women's football's top team is over after Manchester City dismantled the champions to open up a surely unassailable lead at the top of the Women's Super League. In an emphatic victory that will be symbolic of the ongoing changing of the guard, Kerolin scored a hat-trick as the runaway leaders won 5-1 at a jubilant Etihad Stadium and their fans were chanting easy, easy, easy before the end."
"Andree Jeglertz's supremely confident-looking side now have a 12-point advantage over Chelsea, who slipped to third, and an 11-point lead over second-placed Manchester United, with eight games remaining. Even with trips to the Emirates Stadium and Old Trafford to come, none of Manchester City's rivals will realistically harbour any hope of catching them. For Chelsea, this was a chastening afternoon that summed up the rapid collapse of their title bid since December."
"The star of the show was Brazil's Kerolin, who opened the scoring with a deflected strike after Chelsea failed to clear a set piece. What followed was an impressive spell of Chelsea pressure but, when the defending champions failed to score while they were on top, Manchester City punished them when Khadija Shaw ran on to Vivianne Miedema's through ball, outmuscled Naomi Girma and finished past Hannah Hampton to make it 2-0 and put Jeglertz's team in full control."
Manchester City produced an emphatic 5-1 win over Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium, with Kerolin scoring a hat-trick and fans chanting 'easy, easy, easy'. Andree Jeglertz's side moved 12 points clear of Chelsea and 11 points ahead of Manchester United with eight games remaining, creating a virtually unassailable lead. Chelsea's title defence collapsed further, suffering their third WSL defeat in five matches since December and their first consecutive WSL losses since July 2015. Kerolin opened the scoring with a deflected strike from a set piece. Khadija Shaw doubled the lead by finishing Vivianne Miedema's through ball, putting Manchester City firmly in control.
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