The Matildas captain now has 63 goals in the WSL, matching Fran Kirby's record haul for the club, with Ellie Carpenter and Erin Cuthbert also on the scoresheet.

Kerr had been chasing down Kirby's record, and now she just needs one more goal to take the record outright and become Chelsea's all-time leading scorer in the WSL.

The Australian has reached her tally of 63 in 91 games, while it takes her to 111 goals for the Blues overall in all competitions.

Buoyed by Manchester City's shock defeat a day earlier, Chelsea broke the deadlock just six minutes in, with Kerr finishing neatly from a Cuthbert throughball, but Yuka Momiki's stunning strike drew Everton level four minutes later.

It took Sonia Bompastor's side until the 47th minute to get back in front, with Kerr's first-time finish restoring its lead.

Maz Pacheco denied Kerr a hat-trick with a goal-line block, but Carpenter's deflected effort before a half-volley from Cuthbert got the job done for Chelsea, which moved four points clear of Arsenal, which was in UEFA Women's Champions League action this weekend.

London City Lionesses also got a big win, coming from behind to thrash bottom club Leicester City 5-1 at Copperjax Community Stadium.

Shannon O'Brien gave the Foxes a 30th-minute lead, but they could not hold on to it as they fell to an eighth consecutive defeat.

Lucia Corrales pulled London City level two minutes after O'Brien's goal, with Isobel Goodwin putting it in front just before the break.

Malou Marcetto, Grace Geyoro and Freya Godfrey all struck in the final half an hour to end the Lionesses' five-game winless streak in the WSL.

West Ham United took another big step towards retaining its WSL status after moving seven points clear of Leicester City with a 1-0 win over Liverpool.

Cornelia Kapocs's own goal separated the two sides in the end as the Hammers held on for a vital three points, with Estelle Cascarino twice making goalline blocks to protect a clean sheet.

Manchester United's hopes of clinching a UEFA Women's Champions League place next season were dealt a blow after a 0-0 draw with Tottenham Hotspur.

United, boosted by the return of Ella Toone, has now won just one of its past eight matches in all competitions, but was dominated by Spurs.

Martin Ho's side had 22 shots to United's 10 and spurned a number of golden chances, but the point was enough to move the Red Devils back up to third, above Arsenal, which has three games in hand.