Sam Kerr netted a double, Emily Gielnik and Tameka Yallop both scored their first goals for their new clubs and Alanna Kennedy had a nightmare moment with a backpass as Catilin Foord returned from injury.

Sam Kerr scored two goals and set up another as Chelsea trounced Manchester United 6-1 in the English Women’s Super League on Sunday.

Kerr swooped on a defensive error by United, poking a right-foot pass to Fran Kirby for a simple second-minute finish.

Kirby returned the favour in the 41^st minute, laying off for Kerr to sweep home to make it 3-1.

Kerr got on the end of Kirby’s low ball across goal, netting at the second attempt, for the fourth in the 51^st minute.

Tameka Yallop scored a debut goal for West Ham United in their 4-0 win over Leicester City on Sunday.

After spurning an early chance, Yallop got in behind the Leicester defence and calmly slotted for 1-0 in the 26^th minute.

Yallop almost had a second in the 81^st minute when her headed cannoned off the bar and deflected into the back of the net off goalkeeper Kirstie Levell.

Yallop was replaced in the 93^rd minute while Mackenzie Arnold kept a clean sheet and was barely tested.

A debut brace for @Tameka_Yallop. What a performance! 👏 pic.twitter.com/5KE9DpYnVu

— West Ham United Women (@westhamwomen) September 26, 2021

Alanna Kennedy‘s wayward backpass proved costly as Arsenal swooped for the opening goal in the Gunners’ 5-0 win over Manchester City on Sunday.

Kennedy put in a full shift while Caitlin Foord returned from injury as a 78^th minute substitute. Steph Catley also played a full game while Lydia Williams was an unused sub.

Emily Gielnik scored the winner with a 48^th-minute strike in Aston Villa’s 1-0 victory away to Brighton.

Gielnik, who played the full game in her second appearance for Villa since her move from Vittsjo, produced a composed dinked finish.

Ellie Carpenter was back for Olympique Lyon, playing a full game and getting an early assist in a 4-0 win over Guingamp in France’s Feminine Division 1.

In bad news, Kansas City-based midfielder Chloe Logarzo confirmed she had sustained an ACL injury which is typically a 12-month absence.

Others

Full games

Ella Mastrantonio, Angela Beard, Clare Wheeler, Jenna McCormick, Clare Polkinghorne, Teagan Micah

Minutes

Amy Harrison – SB 84, Indiah-Paige Riley – SB 58

Unused subs

Mary Fowler, Beattie Goad, Alexandra Huynh, Charlotte Grant, Winonah Heatley, Dylan Holmes

Notable absentees

Kyah Simon, Hayley Raso