Chelsea smashed Birmingham with 6-0 in a match from the 19th round of the FA WSL. After the win, Chelsea kept its leading position in the standing with 50 pts, followed by Manchester with 48 pts and Arsenal with 38 pts.
The forward of the hosts Samantha Kerr was the MVP, scoring a hat-trick in the first half. She gave a pretty comfortable advantage for Chelsea, which allowed the manager Emma Hayes to make 3 substitutions at the break and keep her players for the very important next matches.
In the second half, the domination of Chelsea continued with Francesca Kirby scoring the fourth goal for the team in the 61st minute. Samantha Kerr was replaced a minute later. In the 73rd minute, Francesca Kirby passed to Guro Reiten, who did not miss and made the result 5-0. In the very last minutes of the match, Francesca Kirby scored her second goal for 6-0.
Thus with such an expressing victory, Chelsea defended its leading position in the table, while Birmingham is 9th with 13 pts and very close to the relegation zone.
In the other matches from the round, the leaders Manchester City and Arsenal won their visitor matches versus Tottenham and Bristol City, respectively, while Manchester Utd surprisingly lost from Brighton.
