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Khadija Shaw hit four goals as WSL leaders Manchester City thrashed Aston Villa, while Chelsea got back to winning ways against Brighton Suzanne Wrack’s WSL roundup is in, so it’s time for me to wrap this live blog up. Thanks for joining us this afternoon, and enjoy the rest of your weekend! Be sure to join Daniel Harris for updates from the Premier League 2pm fixtures… The final WSL game of 2025 sees Manchester United host Tottenham at Leigh Sports Village. That one has just kicked off. A reminder of today’s results: Brighton 0-3 Chelsea Manchester City 6-1 Aston Villa Leicester City 1-0 London City Lionesses West Ham 2-2 Liverpool Chelsea responded brilliantly to last week’s defeat to Everton today, cruising to a 3-0 win over Brighton, who always give them a difficult game. They now remain six points adrift of Manchester City. That late goal from Beata Olsson could prove to be crucial for Liverpool in the race for WSL survival. The Reds are still yet to win a league match this season, but that result keeps West Ham within touching distance. Wow… 12 goals scored across the second half of those early WSL games, a huge chunk of which came at the Joie Stadium as Manchester City continued their incredible form. They end 2025 at the top of the WSL with 30 points from 11 matches. Brighton 0-3 Chelsea Manchester City 6-1 Aston Villa Leicester City 1-0 London City Lionesses West Ham 2-2 Liverpool Kosovare Asllani misses the chance to draw London City Lionesses level! The striker takes an awful penalty which is easily saved by Janina Leitzig. A huge opportunity missed for the visitors. London City Lionesses have a penalty after Grace Geyoro is brought down in the box! It’s a FOURTH goal for Bunny Shaw! Although she accidentally stole this one from Grace Clinton! The midfielder goes to shoot from just inside the box but Shaw gets in the way and deflects her effort in! Into added time we go… Beata Olsson scores a HUGE goal for Liverpool! The forward does well to intercept a poor back pass from Viviane Asseyi before running through one-on-one with Faye Kirby and placing her shot into the net. That could prove to be crucial for the Reds. Bunny Shaw completes her hat-trick! Kerolin makes a driving run down the centre of the pitch before setting the ball to Shaw on her left. The striker then makes her way into the box before sliding her shot past the left of Sabrina D’Angelo and into the net. Amid all the chaos, Fran Kirby got a brilliant reception from both sets of fans after coming off the bench for Brighton in the 59th minute. The goals are coming thick and fast this afternoon! I think we’re up to date now! Alyssa Thompson puts Chelsea out of sight with a tap-in from a Sam Kerr pass. A brilliant response from the Blues after last weekend’s defeat. The ball falls to Aoba Fujino in the box, who initially mis-kicks it before squaring a pass across to Vivianne Miedema in front of goal. Miedema then makes no mistake in simply tapping it home. Anna Csiki restores West Ham’s lead with a deflected strike in the box! That could prove to be a huge goal! Villa get one back as Missy Bo Kearns fires a corner into the box and Lucy Parker finds herself with a free header to direct the ball into the top-left corner! Right, I think I’ve just about covered everything from that 10 minutes of madness… Aoba Fujino makes it three for City to secure the win after receiving the ball in space and drilling a low shot across goal and into the far corner. That didn’t take long! Liverpool are level! Beata Olsson sends a pass through to Mia Enderby in the box, who slides her shot into the bottom-right corner. A huge goal for the Reds. West Ham take the lead against Liverpool! Riko Ueki brilliantly heads in a corner from Viviane Asseyi to break the deadlock at the Chigwell Construction Stadium. We’ve just had a flurry of goals. Please bear with me as I try to bring you all the updates! She just had one ruled out, but this goal from Shannon O’Brien will count! Sam Tierney sends a deep cross to Asmita Ale in the box, who brings it down with a cushioned header, directing the ball to O’Brien who bundles it into the net! Leicester have the ball in the net… but it won’t count! Shannon O’Brien brilliantly loops her shot over Elene Lete from distance, but she is flagged offside. A great goal, just unfortunate that she started her run a fraction too early. Chelsea make it two! Erin Cuthbert sends a cross into the box and Caitlin Hayes manages to get in front of Sam Kerr – who replaced Aggie Beever-Jones at the break – but heads the ball into her own net! We’re back under way across the grounds! Liverpool have a huge task in this second half. Now down to 10 players, perhaps wrongfully so, they need to avoid defeat against West Ham. Otherwise, they will go into the winter break five points adrift at the bottom of the table. It would be a huge mountain to climb from there. Half-time scores: Brighton 0-1 Chelsea Manchester City 2-0 Aston Villa Leicester City 0-0 London City Lionesses West Ham 0-0 Liverpool Chelsea and Manchester City lead Brighton and Aston Villa respectively, while the other two games remain goalless. Bunny Shaw makes it two for City with her 101st goal for the club! The striker receives a pass from Yui Hasegawa before making her way into the box, sitting Anna Patten down with a sharp turn and passing her shot into the bottom corner. Brilliant from the striker! Chance for Manchester City in added time as Lauren Hemp loops a cross to Khadija Shaw, who looks to go for goal. However, Lucy Parker cuts it out and sends the ball behind for a corner. Sandy Baltimore scores a screamer for Chelsea to break the deadlock at the Broadfield Stadium! The full-back makes her way to the edge of the box with the ball before cutting back and unleashing a curling effort over Sophie Baggaley and into the top-right corner! We finally have a goal… and it had to be Bunny Shaw! The striker scores her 100th Manchester City goal with a composed effort into the bottom-left corner from a Vivianne Miedema pass! How does she celebrate? With Erling Haaland’s signature pose. Over at the King Power Stadium, the match between Leicester City and London City Lionesses has been fairly equal so far. The hosts have had two shots on target, while London City have had one. Livia Peng has barely had anything to do in the Chelsea goal so far. Brighton are yet to have a shot. We’re almost 30 minutes into these games and still yet to see any goals, which feels a bit unusual. Nevertheless, hopefully we’ll get a few before the break. Chance for Chelsea as Sandy Baltimore forces a brilliant fingertip save from Sophie Baggaley. That red card is a huge blow for Liverpool, who are already 12th in the league without a win. This is going to be a long 70 minutes for Gareth Taylor’s side. Gemma Bonner sees red for a challenge on Riko Ueki, who was running through on goal. I’m not sure about that decision though, as Jenna Clark was right alongside her to cover. Yellow card for me, but then again, I’m not a referee. What do you think? Feel free to email in and let me know. Another chance for Chelsea as Sandy Baltimore plays Lauren James through on the overlap. The winger goes for goal but narrowly misses the target. Chelsea go on the attack again as Erin Cuthbert drills a cross into the box, which isn’t quite cleared by Brighton at first. The midfielder then looks to hunt down the ball but the hosts can finally get out of danger. We’ve reached the 15-minute mark in all four games. Aston Villa have a corner at the Joie Stadium, but the cross in runs straight through the middle of the box and out of danger. Chance for Chelsea in the sixth minute as a cross is palmed away by Sophie Baggaley. Lauren James goes for the follow-up but can’t get enough contact on her shot. Both Manchester City and Chelsea are already pressing high in their respective games. Chelsea need a win today to keep up with their title rivals. We’re under way in all four games!