FT: Chelsea 7-0 Crystal Palace
Aggie Beever-Jones opens scoring with first-time finish from Johanna Rytting Kaneryd's cross
Guro Reiten scores twice, with Lucy Bronze, Lauren James, Nathalie Bjorn and Catarina Macario also on target in second half
Sonia Bompastor's side go top of WSL with two wins from two
Palace have conceded 11 goals in opening two games
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Crystal Palace 0-5 Chelsea
Courtney Sweetman-Kirk
Former Sheffield United forward on Sky Sports
It is such a positive to be able to spread goals around the pitch instead of relying on one forward. When you rely on one player and they go through a bad patch then you can struggle. When defenders, midfielders and forwards get on the scoresheet too you know that there are goals elsewhere.
Crystal Palace 0-5 Chelsea
Chelsea have had four shots on target in this second half and scored from all of them. Clinical.
Just under 10 minutes to go and you wouldn't rule out a sixth for the visitors.
Image source, ReutersCrystal Palace 0-5 Chelsea
Courtney Sweetman-Kirk
Former Sheffield United forward on Sky Sports
It was certainly not the prettiest goal of the night but Chelsea won't care. It is all about the willingness to get around the ball. Good quality cross into the box and Mayra Ramirez and Millie Bright are busy jostling at the front post and it just presents the opportunity at the back stick for Nathalie Bjorn.
Bjorn just does what is needed, sticks a foot out and again it's a case of right place, right time to score.
Chelsea 0-5 Chelsea
Emma Sanders
BBC Sport women’s football news reporter at Selhurst Park
It's getting messy now... Chelsea have turned it on in this second half!
Nathalie Bjorn
And there's the fifth!
The delivery from a corner is a dangerous one Nathalie Bjorn sticks out a boot to turn home.
Image source, PA MediaCrystal Palace 0-4 Chelsea
Crystal Palace look tired now. They had to concentrate so hard for long periods of the first half but, bar the odd spell, they've been second best since Chelsea took the lead.
I don't feel like we are done with the goals yet, too.
Crystal Palace 0-4 Chelsea
Courtney Sweetman-Kirk
Former Sheffield United forward on Sky Sports
It is wonderful football from Chelsea. They play the ball so quickly it just opens up the space, the weight of pass, the quality of pass, the quality of movement.
So much quality in this Chelsea side, we are there thinking can it all work together? Well there's your answer. 4-0 to Chelsea and that is the best goal of the lot.
Guro Reiten
A really nicely worked goal!
Chelsea have been growing in confidence with every goal and this is arguably the pick of the bunch as they open up the Palace defence with some short, sharp passing before Guro Reiten fires in from the middle of the box.
Image source, PA MediaCrystal Palace 0-3 Chelsea
An attacking change for Chelsea as forward Catarina Macario replaces Sjoeke Nusken.
The visitors are definitely not done in terms of going for goals.
Crystal Palace 0-3 Chelsea
Emma Sanders
BBC Sport women’s football news reporter at Selhurst Park
Fair play to Palace, they are 3-0 down and still looking dangerous going forward.
Crystal Palace 0-3 Chelsea
Courtney Sweetman-Kirk
Former Sheffield United forward on Sky Sports
Katie Stengel is doing all she can up front for Crystal Palace. It is another difficult chance because she is in front of that near post when the cross arrives, she tries to get anything she can on it to get the ball back across Hannah Hampton.
The angle is so acute that it is so difficult. She tries to just cushion it off her thigh and it nearly bobbles in.
Image source, ReutersCrystal Palace 0-3 Chelsea
Katie Stengel flicks another effort just wide after making a driving run through the middle to meet a cross, but she was just offside anyway.
Crystal Palace are having a good spell at the moment.
Crystal Palace 0-3 Chelsea
Unlucky for Katie Stengel as she does well to connect with a whipped in cross from the left but her volley from a difficult angle is just wide.
Image source, Getty ImagesCrystal Palace 0-3 Chelsea
Courtney Sweetman-Kirk
Former Sheffield United forward on Sky Sports
This is an opportunity now for Chelsea.
How ruthless can they be? How many more goals can they add to that tally? It is a chance to send a message out to the rest of the league.
Crystal Palace 0-3 Chelsea
More changes for Chelsea as Eve Perisset and Sandy Baltimore are on for Ashley Lawrence and goalscorer Lucy Bronze.
Crystal Palace 0-3 Chelsea
Image source, ReutersMayra Ramirez has been busy since coming on. She got the assist for the third and is involved in another good Chelsea attack, which ends with Ashley Lawrence driving over.
The visitors are certainly not sitting on this lead. They want more goals.
Crystal Palace 0-3 Chelsea
Emma Sanders
BBC Sport women’s football news reporter at Selhurst Park
There's a big roar of "Eagles" being chanted around Selhurst Park as the fans recognise the players' confidence has probably dipped with that third goal. They do not want to suffer another heavy defeat.
Crystal Palace 0-3 Chelsea
Courtney Sweetman-Kirk
Former Sheffield United forward on Sky Sports
That was once of the easiest goals that Lauren James will score all season, but I always say you have to be there.
Mayra Ramirez has the presence of mind to look up and find her teammate at the back post and James in the right place at the right time and she enjoyed that goal with the fans behind the net.
Image source, PA MediaCrystal Palace 0-3 Chelsea
Crystal Palace give their fans a bit of excitement as Annabel Blanchard works a bit of space to get a shot off inside the Chelsea box, but there's not enough power to worry Hannah Hampton.
Crystal Palace 0-3 Chelsea
Courtney Sweetman-Kirk
Former Sheffield United forward on Sky Sports
The way the first half went and looking back to last weekend's game vesus Aston Villa where they could have nicked something at the end, it is important Chelsea have got that cushion.
Chelsea have scored in their last 15 WSL away games
Chelsea wrapped up a stunning victory over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park to continue their winning start to the Women's Super League campaign.
The Blues took the lead through Aggie Beever-Jones when she finished off a devastating counter-attack after a positive Palace move broke down.
The reigning WSL champions then pulled further away when summer signing Lucy Bronze made it 2-0 quickly after the break, before Lauren James, Nathalie Bjorn, Catarina Macario and two from Guro Reiten added to their goal tally.
Laura Kaminski's newly-promoted Palace side showed promise despite the heavy defeat in their first home WSL match, coming close through Annabel Blanchard, Indiah-Paige Riley and Katie Stengel.
But though they defended well for large spells of the first half, Chelsea were still able to create chances and it was only a matter of time before they showed their clinical approach in front of goal.
England forward James was a constant threat, while Johanna Rytting Kaneryd continued her hugely impressive start to the season with another assist and dominating display on Chelsea's right wing.
Full-back Bronze was rewarded for her attacking intent with a first goal since joining from Barcelona, and already proving to be a strong recruit by new manager Sonia Bompastor.
This was another harsh lesson for Palace, who are yet to score a WSL goal and have conceded 11 in their first two matches.
This was a big night for Palace as more than 5,000 fans travelled to Selhurst Park to watch their first home match in the WSL and dreaming of a major upset.
Chairman Steve Parish was among those in attendance and there were flags draped across one section of the Holmesdale Road stand welcoming the players as they walked out of the tunnel.
Palace knew they were in for a battle immediately when James, brought back into the starting XI by manager Bompastor, had an early shot blocked inside the area.
The hosts had chances, though. Had they taken them, it might have been a different story.
Mille Gejl and Lily Woodham, making her first start for Palace, were involved in some bright attacks down the left-hand side, while Blanchard and Stengel were a threat through the middle.
But the hunt for a goal reward came with a heavy risk and Palace learned the hard way when a run in behind by Stengel almost caught out Chelsea's defence before the visitors recovered, won the ball back and broke quickly through Kaneryd.
The Sweden international teed up Beever-Jones, who completed a devastating counter-attack to put Chelsea ahead in the 38th minute.
Still only 1-0 down, Palace came out full of hope in the second half but it turned into a nightmare as the Blues racked up six goals after the restart.
Bronze fired in a second within three minutes and that opened the floodgates in an unforgiving final 45 minutes for the hosts.
James poked in from close range for a deserved third, before Reiten twice, Macario and Bjorn capitalised on a tired Palace defence as Chelsea's quality shone through in abundance.
They were tested at home by Aston Villa in their opening-game 1-0 win last weekend, but this was a display which carried more swagger and ruthlessness – two traits they will need to retain their crown this season.
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| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | Chelsea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
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| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
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| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
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| 4 | Manchester United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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| 5 | Arsenal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
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| 6 | Manchester City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
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| 7 | Leicester City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 8 | Liverpool | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 9 | Aston Villa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
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| 10 | West Ham United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
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| 11 | Everton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
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| 12 | Crystal Palace | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | -11 | 0 |
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Manager: Laura Kaminski
Formation: 5 - 4 - 1
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Formation: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1
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