It was an emphatic end to the tightest of chess matches, but goals from Mayra Ramírez and Guro Reiten ensured Chelsea took the spoils from the most strategic of encounters to leapfrog Manchester City at the top of the WSL table.
The anguish on Alex Greenwood’s face after Ramírez had escaped her clutches, the one and only time she would across the 96 minutes played, told the story of the significance of the defeat. Both managers had played down the impact of this one game on the title race, last season City took four points across the two games against their rivals with Chelsea winning the title on goal difference. However, the deflation in the lowered heads of the City players on the final whistle suggested otherwise.
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