Report in the person of Lauren Chelsea won thanks to goals from James in the first 23 minutes of play; Hayley Ladd gave Man Utd a response at the break, but James finished with a hat-trick in the final minutes to give the Blues a three-point lead back at the top of the WSL.
Sam Kerr suffered an ACL injury, but the striker’s absence appeared to have little impact on the Blues, as James scored three outstanding goals against her previous team in their maiden WSL encounter.