Sjoeke Nüsken fired Chelsea again up to second place in the WSL with a dramatic late winner in a 4-3 victory over Aston Villa.
The Blues’ Champions League hopes appeared set to undergo one other blow when Villa got here from 3-1 down to draw degree in a breathless first half.
But Nusken struck with eight minutes remaining to keep the six-time champions’ slim title hopes nonetheless alive, mathematically at the very least, as they path Manchester City by 9 factors.
Villa took a shock lead at Kingsmeadow with lower than two minutes on the clock after Lucy Bronze gave the ball away to Chasity Grant.
The Dutch winger performed it out to Lynn Wilms after which arrived on the close to put up to meet the cross and sweep the ball previous Hannah Hampton.
Chelsea equalised in the twentieth minute when Sam Kerr, again from Asian Cup responsibility with Australia, latched on to Nusken’s go and fired dwelling.
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Within seven minutes the Blues have been 3-1 up, first with Naomi Girma touching a Lauren James cross into the online for her first WSL aim.
Then James, who scored the Blues’ aim in Tuesday’s 3-1 Champions League first-leg defeat at Arsenal, drilled in the third from 20 yards.
But 5 minutes later Villa hit again when Wilms delivered one other cross and Kirsty Hanson bought in entrance of Bronze to dispatch it.
And the guests made it six targets in a loopy first 35 minutes when Wilms tried to convey a cross down and Hanson buried the free ball.
Chelsea dominated the second half and Alyssa Thompson missed a gilt-edged probability when she headed over from 4 yards.
But the winner arrived when Ellie Carpenter gained the ball in midfield and located Kerr, who teed up Nusken for a first-time end into the nook.
