City moved 11 points clear at the top of the WSL table with a devastating display at the Etihad Stadium.
The victory was underpinned by a Kerolin hat-trick, her first for City and the first time a player has scored a treble against the reigning WSL champions in the competition’s history.
Match report | City 5-1 chelsea
The Brazilian opened the scoring early on after her deflected effort squeezed past Hannah Hampton, with Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw firing home a second before the break.
Kerolin once again took centre stage after the restart, dinking the ball over Hampton after running through one-on-one, before tapping home Lauren Hemp’s pass to make it four.
Chelsea then hit back through Alyssa Thompson’s well-taken finish, only for Vivianne Miedema to complete the scoring with a flick-on from a corner.
The win moved City 12 points ahead of the visitors, who drop to third behind Manchester United.
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