Chelsea hammered Man Utd 6-0 to cruise to a fifth successive WSL title, giving Emma Hayes a fond farewell in her remaining Blues sport.
The Blues went into the sport degree on factors with Manchester Metropolis – who beat Aston Villa 2-1 of their final match of the season – and two forward on aim distinction, realizing an enormous win would possible safe the title.
And that’s precisely what they produced. Chelsea and Man Metropolis each completed with 55 factors, however the Blues completed seven forward on aim distinction.
Mayra Ramirez was the star, scoring twice (2, 45+2) with two assists. She arrange Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (8) and Sjoeke Nusken (44), earlier than Melanie Leupolz added the fifth (47).
It was a fairy-tale end, too, for Fran Kirby in her remaining Chelsea sport. She slotted dwelling the Blues’ sixth – her 116th aim for the membership – to rapturous and deserved celebrations.
The end result brings the curtain down on an enthralling title race and is the proper finish to Hayes’ Chelsea tenure, as she departs together with her seventh WSL trophy.
“I can not say it was my most satisfying Man United Girls 0 – 6 Chelsea Girls, nevertheless it’s been the hardest doubtless and for that cause, most likely the sweetest,” Hayes advised Sky Sports activities after the sport.
“The toughest factor to do is 5 in a row as a result of folks do take their eye off the ball, folks do drop their requirements or new gamers must study the Chelsea customary, and so they have not all had it.
“So the connections have not been there in the identical approach, however my legacy is profitable whereas constructing a workforce for the long run.
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Emma Hayes is entrance and centre to raise the Girls’s Tremendous League trophy and has the dream farewell.
“I imagine we have been courageous sufficient to play a 19-year-old [Maika] Hamano on Wednesday and a 20-year-old [Aggie] Beever-Jones as a result of I need to develop gamers for the long run.”
Sky Sports activities’ Karen Carney stated: “That is Hayes’s greatest and most troublesome WSL title win, with every thing they’ve been up towards. It has been an unsettling yr, however the mentality to come back by, particularly in the present day…”
Sky Sports activities’ Izzy Christensen added: “We thought this might be tight in the present day – completely not. Take a look at the way in which Chelsea have utilized themselves from minute one, they completely blow Man Utd away. There was an enormous gulf at school and they’re the champions for a cause.”
Chelsea additionally finish the season because the league’s prime scorers (71) – doing so even with out star striker Sam Kerr for 2024 – and the second greatest defence behind Man Metropolis.
Vivid: Half the nation wrote us off
Chelsea captain Millie Vivid on Sky Sports activities:
“It was fairly particular. However when half the nation writes you off and we all know that we have got the monster mentality, we have carried out it season after season.
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Chelsea captain Millie Vivid discusses what it means to her to win her seventh Girls’s Tremendous League with Chelsea.
“We have at all times believed in ourselves and we got a second probability, they do not come typically, however we’ve got to take it.
“We took it towards Bristol Metropolis, we took it towards Tottenham and we have come right here and placed on a five-star efficiency to ensure we take this title.
“It is additional particular to have the ability to give it to Emma and people different gamers which can be leaving us.”
Chelsea’s tremendous six objectives
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Mayra Ramirez opened the scoring for Chelsea in lower than two minutes
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Johanna Rytting Kaneryd scored Chelsea’s second aim in lower than 10 minutes
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Sjoeke Nusken got here off the bench for Catarina Macario and scored Chelsea’s third aim towards Manchester United
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Mayra Ramirez put her second aim of the afternoon previous Mary Earps to make it 4-0 to Chelsea simply earlier than half-time
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Melanie Leupolz put a fifth previous Manchester United to strengthen Chelsea’s WSL title hopes
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Fran Kirby scored on her final look for Chelsea and makes it 6-0 to Chelsea
How Chelsea cruised to Previous Trafford win
The Blues have been 2-0 up inside eight minutes. Ramirez nodded dwelling on the again put up (2), earlier than the Colombian arrange Kaneryd to fit previous Mary Earps.
It took till the forty fourth minute for the third, however Ramirez added one other aim involvement to her tally. After beating Millie Turner down the fitting, her cross was turned dwelling by the unmarked Nusken.
Ramirez scored her second aim of the afternoon on the stroke of half-time, firing dwelling on a decent angle for Chelsea’s fourth.
A comedy of errors from Man Utd allowed Chelsea to attain their fifth, nevertheless it was in the end Leupolz who caught out a foot to see the ball previous Earps.
And what was already a magical day ended with a cherry on prime of the cake as Kirby netted on her remaining Chelsea look after combining with Sophie Ingle.
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