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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Sarah Rendell

Chelsea 3-0 Aston Villa: Women’s Super League – as it happened

Chelsea's Kadeisha Buchanan celebrates scoring their third goal against Aston Villa.
Chelsea's Kadeisha Buchanan celebrates scoring their third goal against Aston Villa. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images/Reuters

Thank you for joining me for this fixture which sees Chelsea claim top of the Women’s Super League again. Manchester City are hot on their tails with the only thing separating the two clubs being goal difference. Aston Villa wanted to challenge Chelsea this evening but a red card to keeper Anna Leat in the fourth minute made the task that much harder. Sophia Poor played well but Chelsea proved too much for the 10-player side. To catch up on the action have a read of the report below. We will be back with women’s football action with Chelsea’s Women’s Champions League semi-final against Barcelona on Saturday. Until then, have a good week.

Buchanan and Hamano both scored their first goals for Chelsea in the 3-0 win:

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