Women's Super League
Chelsea WomenChelsea Women6Yeovil UnitedYeovil United0

Chelsea Ladies 6-0 Yeovil Town Ladies

Eniola Aluko
Interim England head coach Mo Marley has not ruled out a return for Eniola Aluko to the England set up

Eniola Aluko scored twice in her first match since a parliamentary inquiry into her allegations of racism as Chelsea Ladies thrashed Yeovil to stay top of Women's Super League One.

The 30-year-old received an apology from the FA on 18 October for racially discriminatory remarks by sacked England women's boss Mark Sampson.

She rifled in Chelsea's second before volleying in the last goal of the game.

Crystal Dunn and Karen Carney also scored two goals apiece in the rout.

Chelsea are yet to concede a goal in their four league games this season and scored six without reply for the third time to remain above Manchester City, who earlier edged past Birmingham, on goal difference.

England winger Karen Carney scored the pick of the goals, finding the far corner of the net from long range.

Aluko, who received the second half of her £80,000 settlement fee from the FA on Thursday, could yet return to the England fold, interim head coach Mo Marley has said - having won the last of her 102 caps in April 2016.

Bottom side Yeovil remain without a point and are yet to score in WSL 1.

Chelsea striker Eniola Aluko: "It was really great, we wanted it to be a professional, clinical, decisive performance, and keep a clean sheet. We know in the past this league has gone down to goal difference, so it's really important that we keep the goals against down, and the goals for high, so I'm really pleased to have contributed to that.

"It has gone down to goal difference for the last three seasons, we don't take games like that for granted at all, and it's my job as a forward to make sure that we score goals, and we scored a lot from different positions today, so that's good as well.

"You can always have room to improve, but you're not going to score every time, not even Lionel Messi scores every shot, so we're not going to beat ourselves up too much about that. This team has got a lot of goals in it, and I'm happy to be part of that."

Yeovil manager Jamie Sherwood: "We changed formation and changed what we wanted to try and do to combat them. We know what Chelsea are capable of doing, and unfortunately with the international break we haven't had much time with the players. So it was a brave decision from a staff side of it.

"In the first half, yes, Chelsea pulled us around a bit, but we are learning, and in the second half we showed we can do what we need to do. It was a tough first half, don't get me wrong, but we stuck to our task, stuck to our guns, showed a lot of character to come out in that second half and actually deliver what we wanted to put out there."

Line-ups

Chelsea Women

Formation 3-3-3-1

  • 28Telford
  • 16ErikssonSubstituted forRaffertyat 65'minutes
  • 4BrightBooked at 68mins
  • 5Flaherty
  • 22Cuthbert
  • 3BlundellSubstituted forDavisonat 66'minutes
  • 17ChapmanSubstituted forBachmannat 76'minutes
  • 19Dunn
  • 8Carney
  • 9Aluko
  • 10Ji

Substitutes

  • 2Thorisdottir
  • 7Davison
  • 11Rafferty
  • 12Spencer
  • 14Kirby
  • 18Mjelde
  • 23Bachmann

Yeovil United

Formation 3-4-3

  • 1Walsh
  • 16Jackson
  • 5Cousins
  • 2Evans
  • 28AldridgeSubstituted forBurridgeat 60'minutes
  • 6Green
  • 20Lloyd
  • 27Evans
  • 8Jones
  • 18PuseySubstituted forMeltonat 83'minutes
  • 11LawrenceSubstituted forMilesat 81'minutes

Substitutes

  • 3Burridge
  • 10Melton
  • 13Howard
  • 14Miles
  • 15Lambe
  • 19Buxton
  • 22Hignett
Referee:
Ian Fissenden
Attendance:
1,821

Match Stats

Home TeamChelsea WomenAway TeamYeovil United
Possession
Home71%
Away29%
Shots
Home40
Away4
Shots on Target
Home15
Away3
Corners
Home5
Away0
Fouls
Home8
Away7

Live Text

  1. Post update

    Match ends, Chelsea Ladies 6, Yeovil Town Ladies 0.

  2. Full Time

    Second Half ends, Chelsea Ladies 6, Yeovil Town Ladies 0.

  3. Post update

    Attempt blocked. Ji So-Yun (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ramona Bachmann.

  4. Post update

    Attempt saved. Kayleigh Green (Yeovil Town Ladies) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top centre of the goal.

  5. Post update

    Attempt missed. Ramona Bachmann (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Crystal Dunn.

  6. Post update

    Attempt saved. Ramona Bachmann (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ji So-Yun.

  7. Substitution

    Substitution, Yeovil Town Ladies. Chloe Melton replaces Ella Pusey.

  8. Post update

    Attempt missed. Crystal Dunn (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.

  9. Post update

    Attempt blocked. Ramona Bachmann (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Karen Carney.

  10. Substitution

    Substitution, Yeovil Town Ladies. Hannah Miles replaces Nadia Lawrence.

  11. Post update

    Attempt saved. Chloe Lloyd (Yeovil Town Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.

  12. Post update

    Foul by Millie Bright (Chelsea Ladies).

  13. Post update

    Jessie Jones (Yeovil Town Ladies) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  14. Post update

    Corner, Chelsea Ladies. Conceded by Nicola Cousins.

  15. Post update

    Attempt saved. Millie Bright (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ji So-Yun.

  16. Substitution

    Substitution, Chelsea Ladies. Ramona Bachmann replaces Katie Chapman.

  17. Post update

    Gilly Flaherty (Chelsea Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  18. Post update

    Foul by Jessie Jones (Yeovil Town Ladies).

  19. Post update

    Attempt missed. Erin Cuthbert (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Karen Carney with a cross following a set piece situation.

  20. Post update

    Ji So-Yun (Chelsea Ladies) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

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As It Stood

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Chelsea Women44001901912
2Man City Women44001551012
3Reading Women421110377
4Arsenal Women42118807
5Liverpool Women42026516
6Sunderland Women4202310-76
7B'ham City Women411279-24
8Bristol City Women4112212-104
9Everton Women400439-60
10Yeovil United4004012-120
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