Chelsea lost more ground in the Women's Super League title race after being held to a 1-1 draw by Liverpool in St Helens, although the Blues still set a new league record of 34 successive games unbeaten.
The visitors, looking to close back to within a point of Manchester City following the leaders’ impressive derby win on Saturday, took an early lead through Alyssa Thompson, but Beata Olsson equalised before the break.
Chelsea substitute Aggie Beever-Jones had a second-half goal ruled out for offside as Sonia Bompastor’s side, who drew 1-1 at Arsenal last weekend, were left three points behind City and must now regroup for Thursday evening’s Champions League clash with Barcelona.
West Ham finally secured a first league win, beating Everton 3-1 at the Chigwell Construction Stadium to move off the bottom of the table.
The Hammers – who conceded a stoppage-time equaliser against Leicester last weekend – took control with first-half goals from Anouk Denton and Amber Tysiak before Shekiera Martinez put the match beyond the visitors with a third.
West Ham went close to a fourth when Denton dragged her low shot wide from a narrow angle and Verena Hanshaw saw her 25-yard strike come back off the post, before Everton substitute Katja Snoeijs grabbed a late consolation.
Saki Kumagai scored twice as London City Lionesses continued their impressive start to their first top-flight season with a 3-1 win over Aston Villa at Villa Park.
The Lionesses withstood a torrid start to seal victory with Izzy Goodwin also finding the net after Kirsty Hanson had levelled for the home side.
Hanson was the standout performer for a Villa side who failed to make their early chances count and were ultimately left to rue their inability to cope at set-pieces.
Keiko Seike starred as Brighton ended their four-match winless WSL run in style with a 4-1 win over struggling Leicester.
The Japanese player led the line throughout as her side withstood an early storm, and put the seal on a victory that ended the hosts’ four-match winless run in injury time.
Madison Haley and Maelys Mpome had put Brighton 2-0 up and, after Shannon O’Brien reduced the deficit, late goals from Marisa Olisagers and Seike sealed the hosts’ comprehensive triumph.
