Jessica Naz helped herself to two goals from the bench as Tottenham ran riot at Brighton to go fifth in the WSL. Ashleigh Neville and Drew Spence also bagged braces in a rampant 8-0 win that leaves Hope Powell’s side second from bottom with just three points from five games.
The only side beneath them, Leicester, thought they were on track for their first points of the season away at Reading only for Rachel Rowe to strike twice in stoppage time to secure a smash-and-grab 2-1 win for the hosts.
At the top of the table, Chelsea stayed level on points with leaders Manchester United, Sam Kerr pouncing after a Lauren James double to clinch a 3-1 victory over Aston Villa, who had equalised through Rachel Daly. In the late game, Arsenal joined United and Chelsea on 15 points, by after they hit back from behind to beat West Ham 3-1.
Goals from Jordan Nobbs, Stina Blackstenius and Frida Maanum cancelled out an early opener from Hammers captain Dagny Brynjarsdottir and sealed a 13th straight domestic win.
And Manchester City went fourth win a 2-1 over Liverpool thanks to Hayley Raso’s second-half winner. Alex Hess
