{"id":296821,"date":"2023-11-18T21:26:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T21:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=296821"},"modified":"2023-11-18T21:26:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T21:26:10","slug":"lauren-james-brilliance-sinks-liverpool-as-five-star-chelsea-take-control-of-wsl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/lauren-james-brilliance-sinks-liverpool-as-five-star-chelsea-take-control-of-wsl\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren James brilliance sinks Liverpool as five-star Chelsea take control of WSL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lauren James\u2019s hat-trick helped Chelsea cruise to victory <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletter\/football\/football-thumb\/football-thumb.png\" width=\"134\" height=\"134\" layout=\"responsive\"><\/p>\n<h3>Sign up to Miguel Delaney\u2019s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free<\/h3>\n<h3>Sign up to Miguel\u2019s Delaney\u2019s free weekly newsletter <\/h3>\n<h2>Thanks for signing up to the<br \/> Football email<\/h2>\n<p>England striker Lauren James scored a superb hat-trick and added an assist as Chelsea beat Liverpool 5-1 to maintain their unbeaten record and move six points clear atop the Women\u2019s Super League.<\/p>\n<p>James, who was not in the starting line-up for Wednesday\u2019s 2-2 Champions League draw with Real Madrid, made her presence known early at Stamford Bridge with a goal in the 11th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Her second was a rocket from the left side of the 18-yard box into the far corner, and she completed the hat-trick with a close-range finish in the 64th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Aggie Beever-Jones and Sjoeke Nusken also scored for Chelsea, who lead Arsenal by six points after six wins from seven matches, while a Jess Carter own goal was the only joy for the Reds on the day. <\/p>\n<p>Liverpool are fifth in the WSL table on 11 points after seven games.<\/p>\n<p>The game at Stamford Bridge was Chelsea\u2019s first at home since the announcement Emma Hayes was taking over as manager of the United States women\u2019s team. She will leave four-times reigning WSL champions Chelsea at the end of this season.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reuters<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/chelsea-liverpool-result-wsl-lauren-james-b2449780.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lauren James\u2019s hat-trick helped Chelsea cruise to victory Sign up to Miguel Delaney\u2019s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel\u2019s Delaney\u2019s free weekly newsletter Thanks for signing up to the Football email England striker Lauren James scored a superb hat-trick and added an assist as Chelsea beat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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