Latest updates with Chelsea and Manchester City in action

..and welcome to our live blog of the final day of the Women’s Super League season. After months of twists and turns, it all boils down to this.

Can Chelsea claim a remarkable fifth successive title to give Emma Hayes the perfect send-off in her final game in charge of the London club? Or can Manchester City lift their first league title since 2016?

The Blues have a two-goal lead over City at the top of the table but face a tough test against newly crowned FA Cup winners Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Gareth Taylor’s side may have an easier game away at seventh-placed Aston Villa but face a daunting task of reducing their goal difference if they are to steal the crown from Chelsea.

There will be added excitement as Hayes’ 12-year spell as Chelsea manager comes to an end this afternoon. Her departure will mark the end of an era not just for the Blues, but for English women’s soccer, before she takes over the United States Women’s team.

“Winning the title is absolutely huge, it shows what you’ve done over the course of a back-to-back season and the consistency you’ve played at and everything you’ve had to play for,” Hayes said.

“For City they haven’t won since 2016 but for Emma Hayes it’s so many. She wants to win that title, they had four they could have won and it all comes down to this trophy for them.”

Earlier in the month, a dejected Hayes admitted the title race was “over” for her side when Chelsea lost dramatically to Liverpool, which left them six points behind City with two games in hand.

But the 5-0 drubbing of Bristol – along with City’s 2-1 defeat at Arsenal and a scrappy win against Tottenham earlier in the week – propelled the Blues back to the top.

City, meanwhile, will be desperate to right the wrongs of their defeat to the Gunners two weeks ago and manager Gareth Taylor insisted his side are ready to put that disappointment behind them.

“The players got dusted very quickly,” he said. “There was a sense of frustration and probably anger, and that’s perfectly and perfectly normal. Life gives you another chance sometimes and we know exactly what we have to do. Players are ready, players are hungry. I see the light in their eyes and they’re ready for this game.”

We’ll be looking at all six games on the final day of the season with regular updates from our women’s football reporter, Tom Garrywho will be on duty at Old Trafford while Luke Edwardsour football writer from the north, pedaled up to the Midlands for Aston Villa v Manchester City.