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Chelsea Ladies are the Manchester City of the WSL

By Ajitesh Rasgotra

STAINES, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 04: Chelsea captain Katie Chapman (right) and team mates with the FA WSL trophy after the FA WSL match between Chelsea Ladies FC and Sunderland AFC Ladies on October 4, 2015 in Staines, England. (Photo by Graham Hughes/Getty Images)
STAINES, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 04: Chelsea captain Katie Chapman (right) and team mates with the FA WSL trophy after the FA WSL match between Chelsea Ladies FC and Sunderland AFC Ladies on October 4, 2015 in Staines, England. (Photo by Graham Hughes/Getty Images) /
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Manchester City may be dispatching teams left, right and centre in the men’s game, but Chelsea Ladies are doing the business in the WSL.

Chelsea Ladies continued their superb start to the season on Sunday with another emphatic victory. Yeovil Town were the victims this time as the Blues ran riot and scored six goals. The 6-0 win kept them at the summit of the Women’s Super League.

Eni Aluko put her current racism enquiry to one side as she scored twice in an easy afternoon for Chelsea. In the first game since Ladies boss, Emma Hayes, signed a three-and-a-half-year contract extension, the team breezed past a Yeovil side now rooted to the bottom.

More strikingly, this was the third 6-0 win for the Blues this season. In just four WSL fixtures. The Ladies kicked off their campaign with a 6-0 drubbing of Bristol City, before replicating the scoreline against Sunderland.

A tight 1-0 victory over Liverpool followed before they returned to their six-goal form at the weekend. Man City have kept pace in terms of points, but Chelsea currently enjoy a nine-goal advantage in goal difference.

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The season has also seen them negotiate a tough Bayern Munich assignment to reach the last 16 of the Champions League. A 1-0 win at home meant a 2-1 loss in Munich was enough to progress on away goals.

After narrowly failing to defend the WSL title last season, Chelsea are evidently determined to reclaim it. The blistering start to the campaign proves how much quality there is in the Ladies’ ranks. The Blues were triumphant in the transitional WSL Spring Series and they have picked up where they left off.

Karen Carney and Crystal Dunn bagged two goals each on Sunday to show how multi-faceted Chelsea’s threat is. In just six competitive games so far, 11 different players have found the back of the net. It’s safe to say that this is no one-woman team.

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Chelsea now have a trio of cup games on their schedule before their next WSL clash with Reading on November 12th. You’ll be able to catch that on the BBC!

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