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Vicky Losada of Brighton is challenged by Naomi Girma of Chelsea. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

Chelsea’s lead at the top of the Barclays Women’s Super League is down to five points after they were held 2-2 at Brighton and Manchester United beat Leicester City.

Manchester United 2-0 Leicester City Aston Villa 0-2 Everton Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Manchester City Brighton & Hove Albion v Chelsea Arsenal 4-3 West Ham United

Chelsea had to come from behind at the break to take a point away to Brighton & Hove Albion.

Sandy Baltimore hit the roof of the net with a great strike for Chelsea but Brighton were back on level terms midway through the first half,  Marisa Olislagers finding the back of the net fro a tight angle.

Three minutes from the break Brighton took the lead, Vicky Losada netting when directing a Rachel McLauchlan cross into the goal.

Mayra Ramirez forced a save from Melina Loeck moments after coming off the bench and Lauren James tucked away the rebound to make it 2-2.

Chloe Kelly of Arsenal celebrates after her team is awarded a penalty against West Ham. (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images)

Arsenal came from 3-1 down to defeat West Ham, whose Amber Tysiak had twice scored in the opening dozen minutes.

Chloe Kelly volleyed the Gunners back into it at the end of the first half,  Shekiera Martinez restored the Hammers’ two-goal advantage early in the second.

Then in a five-minute spell, Katie McCabe and Leah Williamson scored to make it 3-3, then with Arsenal laying siege to the visitors’ goal a penalty was conceded, which Mariona Caldentey converted.

Arsenal survived a big goalmouth scramble near the end of the 90 minutes.

Manchester City’s matchwinner Aoba Fujino in action with Ashleigh Neville (29 Tottenham Hotspur). (Pedro Porru / SPP)

Manchester City came away 2-1 winners against Tottenham Hotspur in a hard-fought fixture.

Eleven minutes in and City led, Vivianne Miedema heading home an Aoba Fujino cross but Spurs equalised after Olivia Holdt teed up Beth England in the box.

England had a header blocked and put her follow-up shot over the bar, Mathilda Vinberg missing an even clearer opportunity for Tottenham in the second half.

Ashleigh Neville’s acrobatic goal-line clearance from Miedema hit the crossbar and stayed out but the lead was restored a dozen minutes from time, Yui Hasegawa picking out Fujino who rifled the ball high into the net.

With the last kick of the match, England played a close-range effort straight into the hands of goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita.

Ella Toone of Manchester United shoots against Leicester City. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Manchester United stayed in second place with a 2-0 victory over tenth in the table Leicester City.

Melvine Malard got ahead of Julie Thibaud to run onto Ella Toone’s ball and fire United in front. Malard turned provider for Leah Galton to net in stoppage-time at the end of the first half.

Leicester rallied after making some second-half changes and missed a couple of chances to get back into the game.

Maren Mjelde of Everton beats Rachel Daly of Aston Villa to the ball to score her team’s first goal. (Photo by Morgan Harlow/Getty Images)

Everton won 2-0 away to Aston Villa to go further clear of any danger, leaving the hosts four points off the foot.

Maren Mjelde gave Everton a first-half lead, volleying in following a corner which Villa did not clear.

Goalkeeper Sabrina D’Angelo went off injured and Katelin Talbert took over between the sticks but spilled the ball for Honoka Hayashi to make it 2-0.

Samantha Kerr of Liverpool passes the ball whilst under pressure from Annabel Blanchard of Crystal Palace. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

Liverpool moved into the top half of the table with the only goal of the game at Crystal Palace, who remain bottom by four points.

Jaz Matthews fired home from a Gemma Bonner corner, the Reds’ tenth-minute opener proving decisive.

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