Chelsea 1-0 Arsenal: Women’s Super League – as it happened

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Chelsea 1-0 Arsenal Chelsea beat London rivals Arsenal 1-0 at Stamford Bridge to move up to third in the Women’s Super League.

The Blues went ahead six minutes before half-time when the visitors were caught playing out from the back and Alyssa Thompson slotted in after Keira Walsh’s shot had been saved.

The Gunners – who had drawn their last two WSL matches – improved in the second half, with Chloe Kelly’s angled drive blocked and Alessia Russo’s shot charged down, but the hosts saw out the closing stages for a third WSL win.

Chelsea are level on 10 points with Tottenham, who had earlier thrashed Aston Villa 4-0, with Victoria Pelova scoring twice at the BetWright Stadium. Press Association

Victoria Pelova scored twice as Tottenham moved up to second in the WSL table with a 4-0 win over Aston Villa, while Manchester United earned their first win of the season, edging West Ham 2-1.

Dutch midfielder Pelova [pictured] broke the deadlock in the 54th minute at Brisbane Road, and then fired in a second off the underside of the crossbar, taking her tally to four goals in two WSL games. Spurs sealed victory as Caitlin Dijkstra headed in, and Cathinka Tandberg added a fourth with two minutes left.

Manchester United secured their first WSL victory under new manager Eva Olid, defeating West Ham in Leigh. Elisabeth Terland’s header set United on their way after nine minutes, with summer signing Andrea Medina doubling the lead late in the second half. Viviane Asseyi scored a late penalty for the visitors.

Océane Hurtré fired Birmingham City ahead after 40 seconds against Crystal Palace, scoring the quickest goal of the season so far.  Shanade Hopcroft’s long-range free-kick had Palace level on the half-hour, before Hurtré restored Birmingham’s lead with an angled strike.

Palace fought back to lead at St Andrew's, their goals coming from Bethany England and Lexi Lloyd-Smith, but Suzu Amano struck with three minutes left to secure Birmingham a point in a thrilling 3-3 draw. Press Assocation

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McCabe: “For me, it was all about us today. It was up to us to ride the storm in the first half and then when we got into it, we controlled the game.

“With the move, having been at a club for so long, it [abuse] is expected, especially going to a London rival.”

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Katie McCabe on Keira Walsh being named player of the match: “She deserves it, she controlled everything in midfield.”

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Nineteen shots for Arsenal … two on target. Not great.

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Alyssa Thompson: “Very excited, I thought the team did very well, we fought for each other.

“It was a difficult game, we knew what we had to do and we prepared for a tough battle.

“I’ve been wanting that goal from the start of the season, so it was great to get it.

“We have a lot of games coming up and we’ve played a lot of games, so it is great for team morale.”

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Full time: Chelsea 1-0 Arsenal It was deserved in the end, with Thompson’s strike from close range settling the match. Arsenal will leave frustrated about their lack of a clinical edge inside the Chelsea box and now have two goals in four WSL games.

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90+4 mins: Kaptein spends a long time decided whether to head for the corner or pass to a teammate. In the end she does the former and wins a throw-in, much to Foord’s chagrin.

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90+2 mins: Carpenter flies down the right and fizzes in a dangerous cross but it is an inch of two ahead of Baltimore.

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90+1 mins: Catley sends in another corner from the right but it is cleared at the front post.

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90 mins: Five minutes added on!