Manchester City's hopes of catching Chelsea from in the Women's Super League (WSL) title race were seriously dented on Sunday as Everton claimed an unlikely 2-1 victory at Walton Hall.

Manchester City missed the chance to close the gap at the top of Women's Super League on Sunday as they slumped to a shock 2-1 defeat at Everton the day after leaders Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw by lowly Leicester City.

A day after Chelsea dropped their first points of the season in a 1-1 draw at bottom-side Leicester, Gareth Taylor’s City suffered a shock defeat to fall further behind Sonia Bompastor’s side. First-half goals from Lucy Hope and Honoka Hayashi put Everton in control and City were unable to respond despite pulling one back late on through a Mary Fowler penalty.

A look at the next five fixtures for Liverpool and their Premier League title rivals after another thrilling weekend which saw Chelsea narrow the gap, and Arsenal and Manchester City fail to capitalize.

Brentford boss Thomas Frank has claimed that Chelsea are in a title race despite Enzo Maresca's dismissal of the Blues challenging Liverpool for the Premier League trophy.

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