Carpenter leads Chelsea to victory against Manchester City

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Chelsea have gone top of the WSL with the help of another fine contribution from Ellie Carpenter, who got one over her fellow Matilda, Man City's Mary Fowler.

Chelsea moved above Manchester City in the WSL table with a 1-0 at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea next play Paris Saint-Germain in the women's Champions League in midweek.

Ellie Carpenter has continued her thunderous campaign for Chelsea, helping set up the winner in the Blues' table-topping Women's Super League (WSL) victory over champions Manchester City.

By assisting on Sandy Baltimore's stunning goal that sealed the 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge on Saturday (Sunday AEDT), the on-song wing back also earned the bragging rights over Matildas' teammate Mary Fowler, who was taken off by City with half an hour to go after a much more ineffective afternoon.

By inflicting City's first league defeat of the season, Chelsea went back to the top, leapfrogging the champs to go a point clear after 10 matches.

And as usual this season, the energetic 26-year-old Carpenter, who has looked one of the best players in the WSL this term, was at the heart of the win, already having caused plenty of problems with her crossing from the right flank even before her key contribution deep into stoppage time in the first half.

Carpenter found Baltimore in the box with a short pass and then sped off to take the return pass while dragging her defender with her.

That simply opened up more space for French international Baltimore, who had time to set her sights and curl home a superb left-footed strike beyond keeper Ayaka Yamashita.

It was Carpenter's first assist of her exceptional league season to go with her four goals.

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