Chelsea thrash rock-bottom Palace to close in on WSL title
A much-changed Chelsea thrashed bottom side Crystal Palace 4-0 at home to go a step closer to clinching the Women’s Super League title as they moved six points clear at the top.The unbeaten Blues need just four points from their last three matches to lift a sixth consecutive WSL title. Chelsea boss Sonia Bompastor made seven changes ahead of Sunday's Champions League semi-final second leg at Stamford Bridge against Barcelona and bounced back from their 4-1 first-leg defeat in Spain to cruise past 10-player Palace, who failed to have a shot at Kingsmeadow.With Chelsea leading 2-0 after a quickfire first-half double from Guro Reiten's penalty and Catarina Macario's low finish, the visitors had defender Allyson Swaby sent off just two minutes into the second half after a last-player challenge on Sjoeke Nusken.Chelsea added a third from the resulting free-kick as […]