Chelsea showed their intimately acquainted character of champions as they ran out 3-1 victors over Tottenham, notwithstanding playing an hour with 10 players.
The Blues were diminished to 10 after Ann-Katrin Berger was provided her walking orders for clearing out Rachel Williams in the main half with the scores gently ready at 1-1.
Yet, final part objectives from Sam Kerr and Jessie Fleming saw Chelsea secure a significant three focuses in their bid to be delegated WSL champions for a third progressive season.
It had reverberations of last season's Champions League quarter-last triumph over Atletico Madrid, where Emma Hayes' side dove in and ran out 2-0 victors in spite of playing almost 80 minutes with 10 players.Having been held by Spurs when it was 11 against 11, Chelsea started to lead the pack through a Kerr header with 19 minutes staying, before a flat out scorcher from Jessie Fleming in stoppage time put the game certain. The player deficiency had apparently roused Chelsea to go up a stuff.
"It was a unique advantage as far as we went down to 10, yet it was a distinct advantage since we really further developed the moment we went to 10," Hayes added.
"I will listen for a minute I expressed in there [at half-time]: we concurred together the way in which we planned to manage the last part. I believe that was the distinct advantage; what we did strategically."
With Arsenal breathing down their necks, Chelsea couldn't stand to drop focuses assuming they are to be delegated heroes of England for a third season on the bob.
The Gunners will move back to inside a mark of the Blues would it be a good idea for them they beat Everton, leaving the WSL title race tantalizingly ready with three games remaining.
"I'm wise and old, moderately, to overseeing in this association. I know that at 35 minutes everybody was putting the champagne out for the group in north London. So we've gone from, 'Good gracious, they're losing', to 'Jesus, it will go last possible minute'," Hayes said. "All of you realize it was continuously going to the wire. That is the situation, we can't lose a game, that is all I know."
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