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Suzanne Wrack’s report from the Bridge is in. Chelsea are top of the league (for now), having flexed their depth in the second half. Thanks for tuning in!
The action is underway at Elland Road:
That’s 14 WSL meetings between these two sides, and 14 defeats for Spurs.
Chelsea’s players and staff have a celebratory huddle out on the pitch. It’s a lovely day out for Sonia Bompastor, her 50th WSL game producing a rampant win.
ShareFULL-TIME: Chelsea 6-2 Tottenham
I thought we were in for a tight one at half-time. Lauren James and Chelsea’s subs made sure otherwise.
90+3 min: Spurs concede six for the second game in a row.
Carpenter, Chelsea best player today after James, makes another smart run into the area, picks up the cutback and turns to fire home with her left foot once again.
ShareGOAL! Chelsea 6-2 Tottenham (Carpenter 90+1)
Carnage!
Carpenter celebrates after scoring Chelsea’s sixth goal. Photograph: Alex Broadway/WSL/WSL Football/Getty ImagesShare
Updated at 08.58 EDT
90+1 min: We’ll have four more minutes.
Walsh is robbed off the ball by Gaupset by the edge of the Chelsea area before driving inside and finding the bottom right.
ShareGOAL! Chelsea 5-2 Tottenham (Gaupset 87)
A quick reply, even if it doesn’t really matter.
Gaupset scores for Tottenham. Photograph: Alex Morton/Tottenham Hotspur FC/ShutterstockShare
Updated at 08.57 EDT
Thompson rolls the ball out to Hamano, who decides to have a crack from range … the ball swerves to rattle the top right corner. It’s turned into a thrashing.
ShareGOAL! Chelsea 5-1 Tottenham (Hamano 86)
It’s another sub on the scoresheet! And it’s some strike.
Hamano of Chelsea celebrates after scoring. Photograph: Catherine Ivill/AMA/Getty ImagesShare
Updated at 08.56 EDT
84 min: Top save from Hampton! A cross in from the right finds Kirsty Hanson, who fires in a volley – the Chelsea keeper gets in the way and is up quickly to stop a rebound effort.
82 min: Spence is taken down by Cuthbert as Spurs counter – play goes on but the ref eventually shows a yellow to the Chelsea captain.
81 min: Cuthbert is being a nuisance and wins the ball in midfield … leading to a corner.
79 min: Spurs making plenty of changes, with Martinez, Gunning-Williams and Sombath all coming on.
76 min: Chelsea keep the ball moving with style.
74 min: Chelsea’s subs have overwhelmed Spurs here, with Hamano, Cuthbert and Nüsken bouncing all over the place.
72 min: Chelsea make another change, with James off to a rousing ovation. Aggie Beever-Jones is on.
70 min: Three goals in nine minutes and Spurs have been flattened. James very nearly has her hat-trick, forcing Kop to make a decent save.
Hamano passes to Walsh by the edge of the area, who plays a brilliant first-time dink around the corner, picked up by Nüsken, who smashes past Kop. That should be the three points.
ShareGOAL! Chelsea 4-1 Tottenham (Nüsken 67)
Electric football from Chelsea.
Nusken scores for Chelsea. Photograph: Alex Broadway/WSL/WSL Football/Getty ImagesNusken celebrates after scoring. Photograph: Catherine Ivill/AMA/Getty ImagesShare
Updated at 08.31 EDT
67 min: McCabe pulls off a nutmeg and Chelsea are playing with swagger now …
65 min: James plays a first-time dink over the top that nearly has Chelsea through on goal for a fourth. She’s having a great time.
James picks up the ball in the centre circle and has space to dribble, beating Koga before finding the bottom right corner with a delightful finish. Spurs, out of nowhere, look down and out.
ShareGOAL! Chelsea 3-1 Tottenham (James 62)
She gets her second. Magical again from Lauren James.
James celebrates after scoring her second goal. Photograph: Alex Broadway/WSL/WSL Football/Getty ImagesShare
Updated at 08.27 EDT
60 min: Time for a few tweaks. Nüsken, Cuthbert and Hamano are on for Malard, Kaptein and Potter.
Thompson was having a quiet afternoon, but she suddenly finds a boost, thundering down the left before cutting back into the area. Carpenter, so lively today, times her run perfectly and finds the net with her left boot.
ShareGOAL! Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham (Carpenter 58)
Carpenter gets the goal … but Alyssa Thompson does so much of the work.
55 min: Pelova races through on goal but she’s offside. She fires in a shot despite the whistle blowing, and earns herself a yellow card.
52 min: Carpenter bursts down the right after a one-two and is pulled back but play continues.
51 min: Malard is dropping deep to make something happen for Chelsea, and she launches over the bar after cutting in from the right and having a crack from distance.
49 min: Spurs are peppering the Chelsea goal; Vinberg launches from the D and Hampton punches it out. Corner.
48 min: Morris cleans up at the back for Spurs after Malard very nearly breaks free.
47 min: Spurs win a free-kick from range, but the offside flag is up quickly after the ball heads into the mixer.
46 min: We go again, with Spurs on course to get a point off Chelsea for the first time in the WSL.
Blakstad of Tottenham and Carpenter of Chelsea battle for the ball. Photograph: Alex Pantling/Getty ImagesShare
Updated at 08.09 EDT
HALF-TIME: Chelsea 1-1 Tottenham
Spurs have been excellent since conceding. We’ve got a very decent game on here.
45 min: Spence decides to have a go from 30 yards out … heading over but not a bad effort at all.
43 min: Spurs are playing with confidence, wheeling it around in midfield.
Spence wins the ball in midfield and Holdt picks it up on the left. She lays it off to Blakstad, who crosses to the far post, where Vinberg leaps to head in the equaliser. Chelsea concede for just the second time this WSL season. Spurs deserved that.
ShareGOAL! Chelsea 1-1 Tottenham (Vinberg 42)
It’s been coming!
Vinberg celebrates. Photograph: Paul Dennis/TGS Photo/ShutterstockShare
Updated at 08.05 EDT
39 min: Gaupset bursts through midfield for Spurs before the dangerous Holdt picks up inside the area. Spence makes an overlapping run, receives and cuts back … but a blue shirt is in the way. They’re really giving Chelsea a decent game here.
37 min: Most of the game feels as if it’s being played down the Spurs left, Chelsea right. Carpenter whips in a teasing cross, but there’s no one there to finish.