Chelsea clinch title with dramatic win over United

 Chelsea came from behind twice against Manchester United to clinch the Barclays FA WSL title

A stunning second-half fightback from Chelsea saw them claim the Barclays FA Women’s Super League title with a 4-2 win over Manchester United at Kingsmeadow.

United twice took the lead in the first half through Martha Thomas and then Ella Toone either side of Erin Cuthbert’s strike for the defending champions.

But Chelsea came out firing in the second half, with Sam Kerr scoring two sensational volleys and winger Guro Reiten finishing off a fast counter-attack to turn the game on its head as the hosts claimed a third consecutive league title.

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United were much the better of the sides in the opening exchanges and were rewarded when Thomas got onto the end of Katie Zelem’s perfect ball from a free-kick after 13 minutes.

Emma Hayes’ side were reigning champions for a reason though, and Cuthbert emphatically levelled the scores with a powerful strike into the bottom corner five minutes later.

When Toone connected superbly with a volley midway through the first half it looked like it just wasn’t to be Chelsea’s day and the visitors went in 2-1 up at the break with nerves clearly among the Chelsea supporters.

Hayes made two changes at half-time, and they had the desired effect immediately when Australian star Kerr scored the first of her two outrageous volleys to level the scores just a minute into the second half.