Brentford Women progressed to the semi-final of the Capital Cup with a dominant 5-0 win over Dorking Wanderers at Bedfont Sports Club.

Cloe O'Brien opened the scoring to give the Bees a narrow lead at the break, before Renai McCrea, Ashley Cheatley, Becca Teale and Lucy Potter added goals in the second half to cruise through the quarter-final.

McCrea had the first effort on goal on 12 minutes, marauding forward from left-back and forcing Libby Stratton to tip the ball behind at the near post.

Saskia Reeves-Priestley was then called into action down the other end when an improvised, looping effort from Amelia Hawali needed to be scooped off the line from right underneath the crossbar.

It was the Bees who found the lead on 18 minutes when McCrea's perilous through ball caught Stratton out and allowed O'Brien to tap into an empty net to make it 1-0.

Asees Sangha had a good chance to make it two on 35 minutes when hard work from substitute Cheatley caused the ball to fall to the midfielder inside the box but her strike was well shut down by Stratton in the Dorking net.

A rainbow emerged at half-time due to the temperamental weather, and the Bees certainly found the pot of gold at the end of it.

50 seconds after the restart, Carly Williams side doubled their lead when McCrea's cross after an intricate team move looped over Stratton and in off the far post.

To put the game to bed, Teale opened her account for Brentford with an excellent finish on 52 minutes. O'Brien's ball over the top gave her the chance to run at goal, but she still had a lot of work to do to hold off her defender and slot home to make it 3-0.

Ten minutes later and she almost had a second when Alissa Down's corner nearly crept in at the near post but was eventually recycled to the full-back who struck the ball very cleanly but Stratton got down well to her right to parry it away.

On 65 minutes, Khyri McKenzie had an instant impact off the bench, seeing her volley parried into the path of Cheatley, who tapped in on the rebound but was denied by the linesman's raised flag.

Cheatley did get her goal with just over 20 to play, pouncing on a loose ball from close range after Sangha's strike was saved by Stratton.

It was an excellent second-half performance from the west Londoners, Freya Worsley almost made it five after she guided her header from a superb cross from Maddie Phillips onto the crossbar.

The Brentford skipper, Potter, also got in on the action on 80 minutes to score her first of the season. Having started every game for Williams' side this season, it was the icing on the cake when she leathered her strike into the roof of the net after a one-two with McCrea.

A dominant display to progress to the semi-final of the Capital Cup, and a win that will give the group a lot of confidence going into a top-of-the-table clash with Saltdean United at Gtech Community Stadium next weekend on Sunday 22 February (2pm kick-off GMT).

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Brentford: Reeves-Priestley, Potter, Black, McCrea, Teale (Graver 66), Down, Sangha, Louvrier (Cheatley 33), Harris-Walters (Phillips 46), O'Brien (McKenzie 65), Worsley

Subs: Thorne Ford

Dorking: Stratton, Delves, Wood, Terry, Smith, Cochrane, Halawi, Heasman, Spilsbury, Gooding, Christison-McNee

Subs: A. Dale, Reynolds, Paget, M. Dale, Shaw

Carly Williams on Capital Cup quarter-final win

Carly Williams was delighted with her side's second-half display as they beat Dorking Wanderers 5-0 in the Capital Cup quarter-final.

"We felt that we started a bit slow and that we could improve," she said.

"We spoke about making sure the counterpress, taking responsibility and having communication in the press, and that was the best I have seen that today."

"We showed quality in the second half with four goals and we stepped up our game, so I'm really pleased."