Manchester United kept up their chase for a first Women's Super League title with a 3-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday but Chelsea hammered Everton 7-0 to move into second with two games in hand as the season approaches its finale.
The Red Devils have 50 points from 20 games, four more than reigning champions Chelsea, who they face in next week's FA Cup final at a sold-out Wembley Stadium, but having played two games more than the west London side.
United dominated Spurs from the kick-off but it took until the 32nd minute for Leah Galton to open the scoring, pouncing on a poor back-pass from Amy Turner and slotting the ball home. In Sunday's late kickoff, Chelsea's Norway international Guro Reiten opened the scoring and Pernille Harder netted with her first touch off the bench as the Londoners slammed five goals past Everton in the opening 45 minutes.
Elsewhere, Rachel Daly netted a hat-trick in Aston Villa's 5-0 thrashing of bottom side Reading to move to the top of the scoring charts on 20 league goals for the season.
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