Chelsea ramped up the stress on under-fire Arsenal head coach Jonas Eidevall because the Blues moved prime of the Ladies’s Tremendous League desk with a 2-1 win on the Emirates Stadium.
After a 0-0 draw in opposition to Everton final weekend was adopted by a 5-2 thrashing by Bayern Munich in midweek, Arsenal boss Eidevall was underneath enormous stress pre-match – and it ramped up considerably as Chelsea ran right into a 2-0 lead after 16 minutes in entrance of 45,860 followers on the Emirates.
First, Arsenal’s defensive set-piece woes continued because the Gunners didn’t clear from their first nook of the sport, permitting the spectacular Mayra Ramirez to hook in an overhead end from contained in the field. It was the fifth objective Arsenal have conceded from a set piece since Wednesday.
Then Arsenal’s defending was nowhere to be seen as Sandy Baltimore ran off the again of Beth Mead to complete from shut vary, to ship the house followers silent, barring just a few boos across the floor.
The boos have been set to be worse at half-time however Caitlin Foord’s gorgeous solo strike improved the house temper on the interval. The Australian winger beat Lucy Bronze down the left and curled an outstanding end from a good angle by means of Kadeisha Buchanan and Hannah Hampton’s dive.
Arsenal held many of the ball within the second half however Chelsea nonetheless appeared the probably so as to add to the scoreline for many of it.
Some last-ditch defending from Lotte Wubben-Moy denied Lauren James within the field whereas substitute Aggie Beever-Jones was denied by Gunners goalkeeper Daphne Van Domselaar with an outstanding cease. The Gunners shot-stopper wanted extra heroics to disclaim the Chelsea ahead in stoppage time with a one-on-one.
However Arsenal have been inches away from an equaliser themselves when substitute Stina Blackstenius was discovered unmarked from a free-kick however someway crashed the ball off the bar with Hannah Hampton all however overwhelmed. The Chelsea goalkeeper was additionally equal to Alessia Russo’s fierce volley in stoppage time.
Chelsea held on for one more assertion win and Emma Hayes watching on from the administrators’ field for the primary time since leaving the membership added to the importance. Hayes had by no means managed to beat Arsenal on the Emirates however new boss Sonia Bompastor has managed it on the primary try.
Emma Hayes watched Chelsea for the primary time since leaving the membership
Arsenal, in the meantime, at the moment are 4 factors behind the Blues having performed a recreation extra.
What’s subsequent for Arsenal and Chelsea?
The video games proceed to return thick and quick for Arsenal as they put together for his or her second Ladies’s Champions League group stage recreation in opposition to Valerenga on Wednesday (October 16).
Chelsea will get an additional day of relaxation earlier than they face FC Twente away from house on Thursday (October 17).
