Demi Edwards bags a hat-trick as Brentford Women move back to the top of the league
By Joe Acklam
5th Dec 2022 | Football
Demi Edwards' hat-trick sent Brentford Women back to the top of L&SEWFL Division One North after a dominant 4-0 win against Leatherhead Women.
Kirsty Matthews and a Demi Edwards double in the space of four first half minutes saw the Bees race into a lead before the half hour mark.
Edwards then completed her treble five minutes before the half time to have the game all but wrapped up for Karleigh Osborne's side before they went back into the changing rooms.
The Bees bouncing back from last weekend's difficult defeat against Dorking Wanderers means that they rise back up to the top of the table.
Matthews went up the middle for Brentford due to an injury to Chloe Logie and she could have got an early goal when Nikki Saunders picked her out with a cross, but Tanya Dady did well to block her shot.
After 24 minutes, Matthews' work rate got her the opening goal when she chased down and won the ball off Lara Burrows in the Leatherhead goal, and duly tapped into the empty net.
Two minutes late Saunders got down the side and put in an inch perfect cross for Edwards at the back post and she couldn't help but score.
The flurry continued after 28 minutes as Edwards produced a special strike as she came in off the wing and 25 yards out, she found space and unleashed a firecracker into the top corner of the goal, giving Burrows no chance.
It was game over on 40 minutes when Edwards was once again allowed far too much space in midfield and from even further out, she once again picked out the top corner to complete a sensational first half hat-trick.
Leatherhead could have given themselves the slightest chance of a comeback after an hour when Eva Keen whipped in a free-kick from the hosts and Alicia Christte got on the end of it, but could not keep her header on target.
Nicole Goolab came off the bench and almost made an instant impression as she found a yard of space inside the penalty area and forced a fine save from Burrows to deny her Brentford's fifth goal.
As the Bees eased off following a job well done, Leatherhead once again came close to finding a consolation as Kacie May-Harlow took aim from just outside the box and whistled her effort just wide of Emily Boycott's goal.
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