"Chelsea maintained their perfect start to their Women's Super League title defence as they thrashed London rivals West Ham United 4-1 at Chigwell Construction Stadium. After Arsenal missed the chance to reach the summit following their stalemate with Aston Villa on Friday, Sonia Bompastor's side took full advantage in stunning fashion. It took just eight minutes for the Blues to open the scoring through Aggie Beever-Jones, who sent a sensational free-kick into the top-left corner from 25 yards out."
"Chelsea increased their advantage just four minutes later when Johanna Rytting Kaneryd tucked home from close range after Wieke Kaptein's deflected cross fell into her path. The result was put beyond doubt in the 15th minute after Erin Cuthbert was allowed time and space to send a brilliant finish beyond the grasp of Kinga Szemik from distance. West Ham's misery was further compounded when Ines Belloumou was shown a straight red card after pulling the hair of Alyssa Thompson in the 23rd minute."
"It took until the 70th minute for Chelsea to make their numerical advantage count, as Kaptein tucked home from inside the six-yard box after good work from Catarina Macario. Chelsea have now won their first four WSL games of a campaign for a fifth time, winning the title in three of the previous four years they have managed to do so."
Chelsea thrashed West Ham United 4-1 at Chigwell Construction Stadium, with Aggie Beever-Jones opening the scoring from a 25-yard free-kick after eight minutes. Johanna Rytting Kaneryd and Erin Cuthbert added quick goals to put the result beyond doubt, and Ines Belloumou received a straight red card for pulling Alyssa Thompson's hair. Wieke Kaptein scored in the 70th minute to finish the scoring. Chelsea have won their first four WSL games for the fifth time, having claimed the title in three of the previous four such starts. Manchester United beat Liverpool 2-0, while Manchester City won 4-1.
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