Arsenal moved stage on factors with Chelsea at the top of the Women’s Super League with a 4-1 rout of the champions in front of a league-record crowd of 59,042 at the Emirates Stadium.
Alessia Russo scored twice with Amanda Ilestedt additionally on the scoresheet after Johanna Rytting Kaneryd had cancelled out Beth Mead’s opener.
Mead capped a swift counter-attack eight minutes in, however Chelsea wanted solely 5 minutes to stage by means of Rytting Kaneryd who beat Manuela Zinsberger at her close to put up with a shot from distance.
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The sport was all however determined with two targets in three minutes earlier than half-time. Chelsea goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger got here off her line however received nowhere close to Steph Catley’s nook as Ilestedt headed into the empty web for her first WSL purpose, and Russo then completed off one other counter-attack.
The fourth got here in the 72nd minute. Berger got here out to problem Russo and, though Jess Carter gained the ball and knocked it away from the Arsenal ahead, the referee signalled a penalty as Russo tumbled over Berger, who shook her head in disbelief earlier than being overwhelmed from the spot.
The end result places Arsenal on 22 factors, second to Chelsea on purpose distinction, with Manchester City three factors again in third.
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