FA WSL 1 SUNDAY 29TH JANUARY-12.30PM KO
CHELSEA LADIES 1 EVERTON LADIES 0
7th placed Everton Ladies playing only there 3rd league game in nearly 3 months due to winter breaks and extended breaks inbetween games,were away to 2nd placed and unbeaten Chelsea Ladies,and Everton put in a pretty decent performance,on 9mins the chelsea keeper did well to keep a chloe kelly free kick out,but 6mins later on 15min the 1st real talking point was Everton having a goal disallowed When sweetman-kirk was classed to be offside,she finished it anyway,but to me was it either on or very tight for offside,with no replay shown,
on 22mins Everton were awarded a pen when chelsea's Asante pulled down Sweetman-Kirk,sweetman kirk steped up to take the pen,she sent the keeper the wrong way but also hit the post,right from that pen miss chelsea broke upfield with Blundell firing a shot which was creeping in at the near post,but Everton kepper Durack did brilliant to keep it out,on 44mins an inswinging free kick was somehow missed by the toffees ladies in the box,with the ball just missing going in far post,then right on ht,Chloe kelly a new permanent signing this week having been on loan put in an excellent cross from the right along the ground, that sweetman-kirk just failed to get,Everton could feel unlucky not to be ahead that half but 0-0 it was at HALF TIME
Everton began the 2nd half brightly as well,Georgia Brougham flicking a header on that the keeper dealth with quite easy, Carney on 52 was close for chelsea before 2 quick chances in a min for chelsea,the 1st Crystal Dunn twisting and turning in the box fired right at the keeper from less than 10 yards out,seconds later Carney forced another good stop from Durack via a deflection,it was all chelsea the last 5 or more mins.Kirby on 68mins then had a stabbed effort through a crowd of players from the edge of the area that the toffees keeper did well to save,on 70mins chloe kelly for everton had a shot flash wide via a deflection after a pass back from a chelsea player not looking who was around her,Ji So-Yun for chelsea had toffees keeper Durack making another very good save low down to the right,but on 84mins Chelsea finally got the goal that looked like it was comming 2nd half when chelsea's Jonna Andersson side-footed into the top corner for her 1st goal for chelsea,after a nice little flick to the left from kirby, who the Everton players were set to block the shot from,The game ended 1-0 to chelsea who have only 3 home defeats in 4 and a bit years,The crowd was a pretty good 1,731
Everton Ladies are in fa womens cup 4th round action next sunday home to Bristol city,and again there is only 1 league game for the Ladies in the next 3 weeks