Chelsea vs Man City live: Score and goal updates in WSL opener – UK Times

It’s a lifeline for the visitors!

Alex Greenwood produces a perfect free-kick delivery to cause chaos in the Chelsea box, and while no City defender can get on the end of it, Niamh Charles does.

The Blues defender takes her eye off the ball and nods into her own net, and the deficit is reduced to one.

After all that City pressure, it’s Chelsea who get the crucial second goal!

Macario slips it down the right for Kaptein, who fires it into the middle aiming for the substitute striker.

She fails to get any contact on the ball but the delivery runs all the way through to Hamano, who in acres of space has a simple finish.

62 mins: CHANCE! Beever-Jones takes play up the other end but is frustrated with her finish as she fires over the bar.

It proves to be her final action of the night as she is replaced by Macario.

60 mins: Man City once again forcing it into the Chelsea box but Murphy can’t get it past Carpenter and the attack fizzles out.

Of the last 10 attempts, City have had nine of them. They’re piling the pressure on.

54 mins: CLOSE! Just wide from Hasegawa who flicks on a low delivery by Hemp but can’t find the far corner!

She’s playing with plenty of confidence – but as of yet, the finishing touch eludes her.

52 mins: Khadija Shaw is getting increasingly frustrated as she heads Greenwood’s deep corner wide.

Whether she’s annoyed at herself or the service, she’s not a happy Bunny… sorry.

49 mins: Hannah Hampton needs to be sharp there as Hasegawa runs onto the falling ball and volleys goalwards.

It’s straight down the keeper’s throat as she parries away, but if that was anywhere but the centre, Hampton would have been in real trouble.

We’re off again at Stamford Bridge.

Defending champions Chelsea go into the break with the lead over potential challengers Manchester City.

Aggie Beever-Jones’ strike is all that separates the two teams at half-time with new signing Ellie Carpenter already proving a shrewd investment, putting it on a plate for the Blues sharpshooter.