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Chelsea v Manchester City BBC Radio 5 Live This video can not be played Chelsea v Manchester City BBC Radio 5 Live WSL season gets under way as holders Chelsea face Man City Beever-Jones turns in debutant Carpenter's cross for opener and Hamano doubles lead from close range Greenwood hits bar with superb free-kick for Man City Listen to Radio 5 Live commentary (UK only) Click 'Get Involved' at the top of this page to have your say Ciara Fleming Chelsea 2-0 Man City Chelsea x G so far = 1. 07 Man City x G so far - 1. 11 Yet Sonia Bompastor's side lead 2-0. As the saying goes, that's why they're champions. Chelsea 2-0 Man City Gilly Flaherty Former Chelsea and England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live at Stamford Bridge Again, Man City are taking too long to make the decision or get the execution. They're not being ruthless enough with it. Chelsea 2-0 Man City Oof what an effort. Youngster Lily Murphy is another attacking player that has struggled to impact the game for Man City , but she almost grabs a goal back there. She dances around a few players before arcing a shot towards the far bottom corner which whistles past the far post. Chelsea 2-0 Man City Gilly Flaherty Former Chelsea and England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live at Stamford Bridge You've got to question Man City's defending. Why is it so easy for them to get a cross in your box in the first place? Nobody is goal side of their players. Maika Hamano is just free to tap it away. Chelsea 2-0 Man City What did we say about Hamano earlier on? "Quietly goes about her business and pops up with the odd goal. " Well she's made Chelsea's lead doubly sure with that cool finish. Maika Hamano (64 mins) Sucker punch. Having been second best so far in the second half, Chelsea get a bit of space down the right hand side and they make it count. It's Wieke Kaptein that gets away from Alex Greenwood this time before squaring for Maika Hamano to sweep home. Chelsea 1-0 Man City Gracie Prior plays a loose ball into midfield and suddenly Chelsea have four players running at the City defence. Thankfully Ayaka Yamashita is alive to it and comes out to smother the danger. Chelsea 1-0 Man City Gilly Flaherty Former Chelsea and England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live at Stamford Bridge Man City have a lot more bodies higher up and that helps them when they win the ball back. In the first half, Chelsea were able to bring it into space easily. Chelsea 1-0 Man City Emma Sanders BBC Sport women’s football news reporter at Stamford Bridge A standing ovation from some parts of the stadium as goalscorer and Euro 2025 winner Aggie Beever-Jones heads off. She's delivered again at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea 1-0 Man City That will be the England forward's her last act of the game as she's replaced by USA forward Catarina Macario. Chelsea 1-0 Man City Aggie Beever-Jones attempts to double her and Chelsea's tallies for the evening with a curling effort but it's high and wide of the target. Chelsea 1-0 Man City New City midfielder Sydney Lohmann receives a yellow card for a cynical foul on Maika Hamano. Not the sort of welcome card she would have wished for on her debut. Chelsea 1-0 Man City Gilly Flaherty Former Chelsea and England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live at Stamford Bridge It was brilliant technique, but I think if Lauren Hemp had released it a second earlier, Yui Hasegawa would've been able to step straight onto it like Aggie Beever-Jones did with her goal. Chelsea 1-0 Man City Emma Sanders BBC Sport women’s football news reporter at Stamford Bridge Fascinating to see Yui Hasegawa playing much higher for Manchester City in their midfield. She's been on the end of some good chances. Chelsea 1-0 Man City Ah so close to the equaliser! City work a smart move from back to front in seven or so passes, which ends in Yui Hasegawa losing her marker at the near post and attempting a cheeky backheeled finish. Unfortunately for the visitors, it rolls centimetres wide of the far stick. Encouraging signs though. Chelsea 1-0 Man City Gilly Flaherty Former Chelsea and England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live at Stamford Bridge I'm surprised Man City haven't made any changes but maybe Andree Jeglertz has a game plan and he wants to stick with that for 15 minutes before making changes. Chelsea 1-0 Man City Talking of City skipper Greenwood, she swings a corner onto the head of Bunny Shaw who nods at goal but it drops wide of the target. She wants another corner but referee Emily Heaslip is unmoved. Comment at the top of this page, Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Kaneryd starts every game for me as she is such a threat, hopefully she will be brought on when the City defence starts to tire. Scott - Fife While England eventually got the better of Sweden in their Euro 2025 quarter-final in the summer, JRK had a field day on the right wing for them. Not a sight England's Alex Greenwood will want to see on the touchline later. Chelsea 1-0 Man City Gilly Flaherty Former Chelsea and England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live at Stamford Bridge Really good effort there. It's a beautifully lofted cross in and Yui Hasegawa doesn't even have to stop her stride. She's unfortunate that it doesn't go in. Chelsea 1-0 Man City A bouncing ball causes havoc in the Chelsea box and just as they think they've got it clear Yui Hasegawa pops up to hit a vicious volley at goal for City. It's straight at Hannah Hampton though and she gets a good double handed parry behind it. Match report to appear here. Rate players out of 10 for this game. The rater will close 30 minutes after the final whistle. You must be signed in to a BBC account to play. No players have been substituted yet After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Head here to get involved Get the latest WSL news on our dedicated page Last Updated 5th September 2025 at 20: 59 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Sonia Bompastor Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 Manager: Andrée Jeglertz Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Sonia Bompastor Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 Manager: Andrée Jeglertz Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Women's Super League All competitions All competitions All competitions Copyright © 2025 BBC. 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