Chelsea’s lead at the top of the Barclays Women’s Super League is down to five points after they were held 2-2 at Brighton and Manchester United beat Leicester City.
Manchester United 2-0 Leicester City
Aston Villa 0-2 Everton
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Manchester City
Brighton & Hove Albion v Chelsea
Arsenal v West Ham United (5.30pm – live on Sky Sports incl. Showcase)
Chelsea had to come from behind at the break to take a point away to Brighton & Hove Albion.
Sandy Baltimore hit the roof of the net with a great strike for Chelsea but Brighton were back on level terms midway through the first half, Marisa Olislagers finding the back of the net fro a tight angle.
Three minutes from the break Brighton took the lead, Vicky Losada netting when directing a Rachel McLauchlan cross into the goal.
Mayra Ramirez forced a save from Melina Loeck moments after coming off the bench and Lauren James tucked away the rebound to make it 2-2.
Manchester City came away 2-1 winners against Tottenham Hotspur in a hard-fought fixture.
Eleven minutes in and City led, Vivianne Miedema heading home an Aoba Fujino cross but Spurs equalised after Olivia Holdt teed up Beth England in the box.
England had a header blocked and put her follow-up shot over the bar, Mathilda Vinberg missing an even clearer opportunity for Tottenham in the second half.
Ashleigh Neville’s acrobatic goal-line clearance from Miedema hit the crossbar and stayed out but the lead was restored a dozen minutes from time, Yui Hasegawa picking out Fujino who rifled the ball high into the net.
With the last kick of the match, England played a close-range effort straight into the hands of goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita.
Manchester United stayed in second place with a 2-0 victory over tenth in the table Leicester City.
Melvine Malard got ahead of Julie Thibaud to run onto Ella Toone’s ball and fire United in front. Malard turned provider for Leah Galton to net in stoppage-time at the end of the first half.
Leicester rallied after making some second-half changes and missed a couple of chances to get back into the game.
Everton won 2-0 away to Aston Villa to go further clear of any danger, leaving the hosts four points off the foot.
Maren Mjelde gave Everton a first-half lead, volleying in following a corner which Villa did not clear.
Goalkeeper Sabrina D’Angelo went off injured and Katelin Talbert took over between the sticks but spilled the ball for Honoka Hayashi to make it 2-0.
Liverpool moved into the top half of the table with the only goal of the game at Crystal Palace, who remain bottom by four points.
Jaz Matthews fired home from a Gemma Bonner corner, the Reds’ tenth-minute opener proving decisive.