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Football: Kerr at the double as Chelsea rout United, Arsenal go top of WSL

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Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Chelsea" s="" Sam="" Kerr="" celebrates="" scoring="" their="" third="" goal="" with="" Fran="" Kirby.="" Lee="" action="" Images="" via="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/09/27/20210927_football.jpg"/><figcaption>Chelsea&#x27;s Sam Kerr celebrates scoring their third goal with Fran Kirby. <em>Lee Smith, Action Images via Reuters.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>LEIGH, England - Forward Sam Kerr netted a brace and Fran Kirby scored her 50th Women&#x27;s Super League (WSL) goal as champions Chelsea swept aside a sorry Manchester United 6-1 on Sunday and Arsenal thrashed Manchester City 5-0 to go top of the league.</p><p>Goals from Vivianne Miedema, Katie McCabe, Leah Williamson and a Kim Little brace put the Gunners top with a maximum nine points from three games, ahead of Tottenham Hotspur on goal difference.</p><p>Chelsea got the day off to a flying start when Kerr made the most of some shoddy defending from United in the second minute to play in Kirby who tapped in from close range. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Super <a href="https://twitter.com/frankirby?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FranKirby</a>&#x27;s 50th <a href="https://twitter.com/BarclaysFAWSL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BarclaysFAWSL</a> goal! 🙌<br/><br/>Watch Man Utd v Chelsea on <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCTwo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BBCTwo</a> now. 📺<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CFCW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CFCW</a> <a href="https://t.co/rxJyVdR1M9">pic.twitter.com/rxJyVdR1M9</a></p>— Chelsea FC Women (@ChelseaFCW) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChelseaFCW/status/1442094378965635080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Pernille Harder doubled their advantage with a fine solo run and dink in the 24th minute.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">There&#x27;s no stopping <a href="https://twitter.com/PernilleMHarder?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PernilleMHarder</a> 🏃‍♀️💨<br/><br/>Watch the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BarclaysFAWSL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BarclaysFAWSL</a> live on <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCTwo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BBCTwo</a> 📺 <a href="https://t.co/mRJM5WimWv">pic.twitter.com/mRJM5WimWv</a></p>— Barclays FA Women&#x27;s Super League (@BarclaysFAWSL) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarclaysFAWSL/status/1442096168889057286?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The visitors piled more misery on United four minutes before the interval as Kerr and Kirby reversed roles for the Australian international to stab home a third.</p><p>United improved after the break and pulled one back through substitute Alessia Russo in the 48th minute but Chelsea restored their three-goal lead almost immediately when Kerr drove home a cross from the right. </p><p>Replays, however, suggested the 28-year-old may have been lucky not to be flagged for offside.</p><p>Substitutes Drew Pence and Jessie Fleming grabbed a goal each before fulltime, leaving both sides on six points from their opening three games.</p><p>In Sunday&#x27;s later kickoffs, Tottenham&#x27;s Jessica Naz got the only goal of the game in the 85th minute to secure a 1-0 win over Reading that briefly lifted Spurs to the top of the standings before Arsenal&#x27;s demolition of City.</p><p>Emily Gielnik scored just after halftime as Aston Villa beat Brighton &amp; Hove Albion 1-0 and West Ham thrashed newcomers Leicester City 4-0.</p><p>On Saturday, Everton got their first win of the campaign by beating Birmingham City 3-1. </p><p>(Reporting by Dhruv Munjal in Bengaluru and Philip O&#x27;Connor in Stockholm; Editing by Hugh Lawson, Clare Fallon and Toby Davis)</p>

Chelsea swept aside a sorry Manchester United 6-1 on Sunday and Arsenal thrashed Manchester City 5-0 to go top of the WSL.