Chelsea Women 6-2 Tottenham Women: Spurs blown away by second-half Chelsea blitz
Tottenham Women suffered a heavy defeat at Stamford Bridge, going down 6-2 to league leaders Chelsea in a match that was level at the break but ran away from them after the hour mark. The result leaves Spurs fourth in the Women's Super League table, having now lost two of their last three league outings.
Chelsea took the lead on 25 minutes when Lauren James finished smartly from the left side of the six-yard box. Tottenham responded well and drew level before half-time through Matilda Vinberg, who headed home from a Julie Blakstad cross in the 41st minute to send the sides in level at 1-1.
The game turned decisively in the second half. Ellie Carpenter put Chelsea back in front in the 58th minute, finishing off a fast break set up by Alyssa Thompson, and the hosts never looked back. Lauren James added her second and Chelsea's third four minutes later, again from a quick break, this time teed up by Lucy Bronze. Sjoeke Nüsken, on as a substitute, extended the lead to 4-1 in the 67th minute after being played through by Keira Walsh.
Chelsea continued to pour forward and made it five through another substitute, Maika Hamano, who curled home from outside the box in the 86th minute after being set up by Thompson. Tottenham did pull one back almost immediately through Signe Gaupset in the 87th minute, but any hopes of a late rally were ended in stoppage time when Ellie Carpenter netted her second of the afternoon, latching onto a Keira Walsh pass to complete the 6-2 scoreline.
Cards were shown throughout what became an increasingly stretched contest. Tottenham's Amanda Nildén was booked in the first half, with Victoria Pelova also shown yellow early in the second. Chelsea's Erin Cuthbert picked up a caution late on, while Tottenham's Toko Koga was also booked deep into stoppage time as tempers frayed amid the one-sided scoreline.
Chelsea dominated the statistical picture, with 54.5 per cent of possession, 17 shots to Tottenham's 13, and eight efforts on target compared to Spurs' seven. The home side also completed significantly more passes, finishing with 359 accurate passes at 90 per cent completion against Tottenham's 295 at 80 per cent. The match was played in front of a crowd of 7,814 at Stamford Bridge.
The defeat halts any momentum Tottenham had built and leaves them with work to do as they look to close the gap on the teams above them in the table, while Chelsea's win keeps them top of the Women's Super League standings.
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