Chelsea edge Liverpool, finish WSL unbeaten

Chelsea completed an unbeaten play successful the Women's Super League with a 1-0 location triumph implicit Liverpool connected Saturday.

Chelsea, who sealed their sixth consecutive WSL rubric past month, were incapable to interruption down Liverpool's defence astatine Stamford Bridge until the 91st infinitesimal erstwhile Ashley Lawrence played successful Aggie Beever-Jones and the England planetary produced an fantabulous right-foot changeable from a choky angle.

Chelsea, grounds eight-times champions, finished with 19 wins and 3 draws to gain 60 points -- the highest full successful a WSL season.

They besides go the archetypal squad to spell unbeaten successful a 22-match WSL campaign, though Arsenal (2012), Manchester City (2016) and Chelsea (2017-18) person achieved the feat successful erstwhile seasons with less games.

"We've conscionable worked hard close until the end. Liverpool came with a crippled program and defended truly well. We conscionable had to support astatine it, usage the momentum, usage the fans and Aggie got that extremity astatine the end," Erin Cuthbert told Sky Sports.

"I thought the girls tally them down and made the occupation arsenic a substitute truly easy successful the 2nd half. Credit to everyone successful the group.

"It's conscionable perfectly mental. I'm lone astir titles but [manager] Sonia [Bompastor] said she's aft the records so, truthful americium I."