Chelsea Women 6-2 Tottenham Hotspur Women: James and Carpenter braces fire derby rout
Chelsea Women put on a stunning attacking display at Stamford Bridge to thrash London rivals Tottenham Hotspur 6-2 in the Women's Super League, with six different goals scorers across a wild afternoon of football under bright skies. We Ain't Got No History described it as "a rather bright day" at the Bridge for the London derby (We Ain't Got No History).
Lauren James opened the scoring in the 25th minute with a left-footed finish from the edge of the six-yard box, but Tottenham hit back just before the break when Matilda Vinberg headed home Julie Blakstad's cross in the 41st minute to make it 1-1 at half-time.
Chelsea blew the game open after the restart. Ellie Carpenter fired home from a fast break in the 58th minute, assisted by Alyssa Thompson, before James grabbed her second of the afternoon four minutes later, again from a quick counter, finished off Lucy Bronze's assist. Substitute Sjoeke Nüsken, on for Melvine Malard, added a fourth in the 67th minute after a through ball from Keira Walsh. Fellow substitute Maika Hamano then curled in a fine effort from outside the box in the 86th minute, teed up by Thompson, before Signe Gaupset pulled one back for Spurs a minute later. Carpenter completed her brace and the rout in stoppage time, finishing off another Walsh assist to make it 6-2.
Tottenham's Amanda Nildén and Victoria Pelova were both booked in the first half and second half respectively for fouls, while Chelsea's Erin Cuthbert picked up a yellow card late on. Toko Koga was also shown a card deep into stoppage time for the visitors, who finished the match with three bookings to Chelsea's one.
Chelsea were dominant throughout, enjoying 54.5% of possession and firing 17 shots compared to Tottenham's 13, with eight of those efforts on target. Chelsea also completed 359 of 420 passes and won six corners to Tottenham's five, underlining their control of the match even as Spurs found moments to threaten with seven shots on target of their own.
The result sees Chelsea move to the top of the Women's Super League table with 16 points from six games, while Tottenham remain in fourth with 10 points from their six matches. We Ain't Got No History previewed the clash by noting that Chelsea "need to keep up with a very competent Manchester City team" if they are to fight for the title this season (We Ain't Got No History), and this emphatic win at Stamford Bridge will go a long way to keeping pace at the top.
ChelseaFC.com confirmed the Chelsea line-up that started the derby, with Hannah Hampton in goal behind a back four of Kadeisha Buchanan, Lucy Bronze, Katie McCabe and Ellie Carpenter, while Lauren James and Melvine Malard led the line (ChelseaFC.com). The result capped off a hugely impressive attacking performance as Chelsea's front players and substitutes all got in on the act in front of their home crowd at Stamford Bridge.
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