Guro Reiten's four-goal salvo helped Chelsea turn up the heat on Women's Super League leaders Manchester City with an 8-0 thrashing of Bristol City on a dramatic day when the title race was blown open.
Victory for Gareth Taylor's team over Arsenal would have meant they needed only a point from their final-day fixture at Aston Villa to claim the league championship.
Chelsea's emphatic win means they now trail City by three points with a game in hand at Tottenham to come. But, perhaps crucially, the defending champions' goal difference is now one ahead of their title rivals going into the last fortnight of the season.
Reiten opened the scoring for Chelsea against Bristol City with a sixth-minute penalty before Sjoeke Nusken forced home a second midway through the first half.
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