Khadija Shaw’s phenomenal scoring record for Manchester City was extended to 103 goals in all competitions, with a stunning four goals in the league leaders’ 6-1 defeat of Aston Villa.
It was Shaw’s 120th appearance for City in all competitions and the Jamaica forward struck twice in the first half at the Joie Stadium to give City a commanding lead before Aoba Fujino and Vivianne Miedema scored either side of Lucy Parker’s goal for Villa. Shaw completed her hat‑trick in the 84th minute and got a touch on Grace Clinton’s effort for her fourth. She moves into third on the list of Women’s Super League all‑time top scorers.
The win maintains City’s six‑point lead over Chelsea and Andrée Jeglertz’s team, who are not in the Champions League this season, look formidable going into the second half of the campaign.
Chelsea returned to winning ways after a first defeat in 34 games with a 3-0 victory at Brighton. Sandy Baltimore’s impressive individual effort gave the travelling team the lead before the break, and a Caitlin Hayes own goal and smart first‑time finish from Alyssa Thompson sealed the win.
Fridolina Rolfö’s second goal for Manchester United in the final minute of added time sealed a stunning fightback from three goals down against Tottenham. The 3-3 draw means United remain one point ahead of their opponents but sit fourth, having been leapfrogged by Arsenal with their 3-1 victory against Everton on Saturday.
The transformation of Tottenham under Martin Ho has been extraordinary and they punished United’s profligacy at Leigh Sports Village, converting three of their four shots on target through Beth England’s powerful header, Eveliina Summanen’s looping header and Martha Thomas’s crisp strike.
United fought back, though, and in the 74th minute Ella Toone’s outstretched foot looped the ball into the net to kickstart the most battling of comebacks. Toone was denied by the crossbar soon after her goal, with United also hitting the woodwork through Hinata Miyazawa, Melvine Malard and Maya Le Tissier.
Rolfö reduced the margin to one with eight minutes of normal time remaining, squeezing the ball through two defenders and in. The Sweden forward, on as a substitute, was then at the far post to meet Leah Galton’s cross in the 95th minute to secure a point from a game that had looked out of reach.
Liverpool’s Swedish forward Beata Olsson scored her fifth league goal in six WSL games to secure a critical point at West Ham that keeps them just two points apart at the foot of the table.
Gareth Taylor’s side got off to a miserable start in east London, when Gemma Bonner received a straight red card for bringing down Riko Ueki. Things went from bad to worse after the break for the Reds when Ueki put the home team in front with a flick of a header from a corner, but Mia Enderby struck back two minutes later.
Anna Csiki restored the lead for Rehanne Skinner’s side, deflecting in Ffion Morgan’s effort, but Olsson’s late goal denied the home team the win and secured for Liverpool their third point of the season as they head into a critical January transfer window.
Janina Leitzig ensured Leicester took the points against London City Lionesses, saving Kosovare Asllani’s stoppage-time penalty, protecting their slender 1-0 lead.
Shannon O’Brien had given the home team the lead just before the hour, collecting from Asmita Ale’s header and scrambling the ball over the line under pressure. London City went close to levelling, Isobel Goodwin hitting the woodwork and producing a smart save from Leitzig.
It looked as if they would be rewarded for their fight late on, as Janice Cayman brought down Grace Geyoro in the fifth minute of added time. Asllani’s spot-kick low towards the corner did not have enough power, though, and Leitzig read it well and made the save.
Leicester’s second three points of the season lifts them above Everton into ninth going into the winter break.
