Chelsea stay perfect in WSL with win against Brighton

Chelsea extended their winning run to nine victories from nine Women's Super League games but they were pushed all the way by a Brighton side in Sunday's 4-2 win amid torrid weather at the Kingsmeadow on Sunday.

Chelsea remain top on 27 points with Manchester City, who hammered Leicester City 4-0, second on 22 points and Arsenal, who cruised to a 4-0 win over Aston Villa, third on 18.

With a blustery wind and pouring rain making conditions difficult, the insistence of both teams on playing the ball out from the back led to a number of hair-raising situations and a few goals that neither side will enjoy watching back.

Chelsea were 3-1 up and cruising after a goal credited to Johanna Rytting Kaneryd in the 51st minute that the winger knew little about, but a mistake by Blues keeper Hannah Hampton gifted Kiko Seike a goal for the visiting Seagulls in the 71st minute and sparked a frenetic hunt for an equaliser.

Seike went close again late on but her effort was diverted behind for a corner and that miss was punished when Sjoeke Nüsken scored her second goal of the game from a stoppage-time corner at the near post to wrap up the three points for Chelsea.