SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 20:22 British Summer Time 2 April 2023
Aston Villa 0-3 Chelsea
Carla Ward looks to the bench once again as Kirsty Hanson makes way for Freya Gregory.
Result: Aston Villa 0-3 Chelsea - Blues go second with goals from Cankovic, Reiten and Kerr seeing off Villa
Result: Arsenal 2-1 Man City - second-half strikes from Maanum and McCabe see hosts come from behind; Shaw header gave visitors early lead
Result: Leicester 2-1 Reading - Jones scores 96th-minute winner as Foxes move off bottom
Result: Everton 2-1 Tottenham - Beever-Jones scored in stoppage time to give hosts last-gasp win
Result: West Ham 0-0 Liverpool
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Aston Villa 0-3 Chelsea
Carla Ward looks to the bench once again as Kirsty Hanson makes way for Freya Gregory.
Aston Villa 0-3 Chelsea
Lindsay Johnson
Ex-England defender on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
That just sums it up for Villa really.
It has been a frustrating night for Villa, particularly Rachel Daly, who is used to having more of the ball. Chelsea have done a job on her tonight.
Aston Villa 0-3 Chelsea
So close!
Kirsty Hanson finds Rachel Daly with a fantastic ball from the left-hand side but her first-time effort goes wide. That's more like it.
Aston Villa 0-3 Chelsea
Villa are giving absolutely everything here, with Laura Blindkilde Brown doing a lot of work on the wing, but just can't find a way through this steely Chelsea defence. The visitors are firmly on top.
Aston Villa 0-3 Chelsea
Well here is said heatmap.
Sam Kerr has been absolutely everywhere in the final third.
Aston Villa 0-3 Chelsea
Lindsay Johnson
Ex-England defender on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It would be great to have a heatmap on Sam Kerr, it would be red literally everywhere!
A tale of two Aston Villa performances for Chelsea this weekend.
The women are excelling, the men lost 2-0 on Saturday.
Chelsea men's manager Graham Potter has now been sacked by the club after less than seven months in charge.
Aston Villa 0-3 Chelsea
Close! It's Sophie Ingle's turn to have a crack after some patient build-up from Chelsea.
The Wales international has the ball in the middle but fires over.
Aston Villa 0-3 Chelsea
Lindsay Johnson
Ex-England defender on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Chelsea look so confident and comfortable at the moment.
Villa need to change something, or there could be a lot more goals to come.
It could be a long second half for Villa.
Aston Villa 0-3 Chelsea
It's clear that Chelsea are full of confidence now they've got this lead behind them. They've turned their pressing down a notch but are working at breakneck speed on the counter.
Could there be more goals in this one?
Aston Villa 0-3 Chelsea
Chelsea aren't letting up. Of course they aren't.
Johanna Rytting Kaneryd has the ball out wide after Sam Kerr plays the ball to the Swede, but her cross is turned behind for a corner.
Lindsay Johnson
Ex-England defender on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Poor defending from Villa. How can you leave Sam Kerr, one of the best players in the world, unmarked at the back post?
Kenza Dali totally switched off, she didn't know where Kerr was.
Kerr was left with lots of time, but the finish on her right foot, she struck it really well, and it swerved into the net.
Hannah Hampton had no chance of saving that. A deserved goal for the Chelsea forward.
Aston Villa 0-3 Chelsea
Aston Villa don't look like they think it's over. Rachel Daly is racing forwards as Jordan Nobbs tries to find her with a quick through-ball but the flag is up.
Sam Kerr (56 mins)
Goal number 50!
Sam Kerr has her WSL half-century and Chelsea are three goals ahead.
The ball finds the Australian via Niamh Charles after a Guro Reiten free-kick and you'd have to think the game is out of sight now.
Aston Villa 0-2 Chelsea
Lindsay Johnson
Ex-England defender on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It's exactly what Emma Hayes would have wanted [to have a comfortable lead].
She would not have wanted it to be getting to ninety minutes at 0-0.
Aston Villa 0-2 Chelsea
Aston Villa are working their way back into this with Maz Pacheco doing a lot of the work out wide. She's linking up with Kirsty Hanson to try and find a way through but Jess Carter is just about holding them back at the moment.
Aston Villa 0-2 Chelsea
Once again, Kenza Dali.
She strikes the ball after Alisha Lehmann spins it back to her on the edge of the box but her scrappy effort is blocked. Laura Blindkilde Brown then has a pop from distance but can't properly connect with it.
Aston Villa 0-2 Chelsea
Lindsay Johnson
Ex-England defender on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It was a wicked cross in by [Guro] Reiten, and as a defender you worry as anything can happen.
Unfortunately for Chelsea, no one could get on the end of it.
Aston Villa 0-2 Chelsea
Close!
Guro Reiten delivers a dangerous cross and it skims the head of Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, who can't get anything on it.
Chelsea have been quick off the blocks; Aston Villa are yet to get going.
Aston Villa 0-2 Chelsea
Did you have an inkling that Chelsea might be more passive now they've got a two-goal lead?
If so then you'd be wrong. Cankovic is absolutely everywhere and Chelsea continue to take the game to the hosts.