PERNILLE HARDER hit a hat-trick as rampant Chelsea beat West Ham to set up a League Cup final clash with Bristol City.
The Danish strike sensation scored three of SIX goals as the Blues beat the Hammers.
Pernille Harder scored a hat-trick as Chelsea beat West Ham to set up a League Cup final clash with Bristol City
Harder found the breakthrough just four minutes in, after she pounced on a cute through ball by Ji So-yun and slotted home.
Sophie Ingle doubled the lead after sending a sweet strike dipping and curling into the bottom corner from outside the area.
Harder made it 3-0 thanks to a howler from Irons keeper Mackenzie Arnold.
The visiting stopper sent a limp pass into her path, leaving her the simple task of firing home from little more than a few yards.
Just three minutes later, Beth England tucked into the goal fest by poking home an inch-perfect Fran Kirby cross.
The Hammers looked a different side after the break, with Emily van Egmond, Maz Pacheco and Lois Joel all going close.
Host’s keeper Ann-Katrin Berger made a sublime save to deny whizkid Fisk from close-range.
But the visitor’s were let down when an awkward Fisk block looped over Arnold’s head and into Kirby’s path to slot in a fifth.
And Harder wrapped things up, after shimmying beyond three pink shirts to fire in a fierce, low drive in the 86th minute.
Boss Emma Hayes roared: “That was Harder’s best game in a Chelsea shirt. I saw what I was looking for from her. Her work rate is second to none.”
Chelsea will meet Bristol City in the showpiece – the Vixens are into their first Cup final EVER thanks to Kiera Skeels’ 72nd minute header against Leicester City.
Emma Hayes gets stuck into Chelsea training
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
