Chelsea and Manchester City cruise through to fifth round of Women’s FA Cup
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Chelsea thrashed Charlton while Vivianne Miedema marked her return from injury with a goal to help Manchester City through. Chelsea cruised into the fifth round of the Women’s FA Cup with a 4-0 triumph over Charlton Athletic at Kingsmeadow. Mayra Ramirez and Guro Reiten struck in the first half to put the Blues in control before further goals from Aggie Beever-Jones and Niamh Charles eased them to victory.
Chelsea, winners of this competition in three of the last four seasons, extended their unbeaten run to 17 games in all competitions under manager Sonia Bompastor. Vivianne Miedema marked her return from a long-term knee injury with a goal as three-time winners Manchester City cruised to a 3-0 home victory against National League South leaders Ipswich.
Jill Roord gave City a first-half lead and, after Laura Coombs had notched her first goal of the season in the second period, Mediema completed the scoring in the 76th minute. The Netherlands forward, the Women’s Super League’s all-time leading goalscorer, had been sidelined since October after knee surgery.
Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah fired a first-half hat-trick as Championship side London City Lionesses comfortably avoided an upset by beating fifth-tier Fulham 5-0 at Craven Cottage. Boye-Hlorkah struck three times in the space of eight minutes before Kosovare Asllani and Izzy Goodwin added further goals in the second period.