**Arsenal:** Borbe; Fox, Wubben-Moy, Catley, McCabe; Little, Mariona; Mead, Russo, Foord; Blackstenius
Substitutes: Van Domselaar (GK), Williams (GK), Codina, Pelova, Hinds, Holmberg, Harwood
Beth Mead and Mariona Caldentey scored as Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-0 at Stamford Bridge, winning away at Chelsea for the first time in seven years. The result sees Arsenal remain in third, moving a point behind the defending champions but still seven points behind Manchester City, who play tomorrow.
Renée Slegers made four changes as Emily Fox returned to right back. Frida Maanum was left out of the team due to illness with Stina Blackstenius starting and Alessia Russo dropping to 10.
Arsenal got off to a good start as McCabe’s drive was parried by Hampton and fell to Russo, who couldn’t make clean connection with the follow-up shot, which got cleared off the line. Mariona then fired over from the edge of the box.
Mead then intercepted Hampton’s ball out, drove into the box, but couldn’t find a teammate and Chelsea cleared.
It’d been all Arsenal in the first 10 minutes but Chelsea began to offer threat, with Thompson the obvious outlet. She was able to get Chelsea up the pitch, and from a corner Chelsea re-set and then won a free kick on the right hand side when Cuthbert was pulled back by Mead, who was booked. From the free kick, Kerr headed Cuthbert’s delivery wide from close range.
Thompson won a corner, and after the first headed went back, Girma, at the far post, headed towards goal with Wubben-Moy heading clear off the line. From the next corner, the ball went wide through the box. From the right wing Girma beat Foord and crossed, with Kaptein heading wide.
From a free kick, Arsenal worked the ball nicely back into the middle but when it was moved onto Mead on the left she took too many touches and couldn’t work a shot.
In the first of four added minutes Foord’s cross came all the way through to Mead who put the ball back into the box, but Blackstenius headed wide.
Arsenal started the second half sharply, zipping the ball, and Russo tested Hampton with a low shot from range on 54 minutes.
A minute later, Arsenal took the lead. Catley stepped up and won possession back before finding Russo. Russo shaped to shoot but passed wide to Mead, who fired past Hampton. [0-1](https://streamin.link/v/479bb051).
Chelsea responded by bringing on James and Walsh for Kerr and Reiten, and from the kick off James slipped Thompson in behind Fox, and Thompson’s shot went just wide of Borbe’s far post.
Arsenal made it 2-0 on 61 minutes. Mead played wide to Fox, and then got the ball back on the edge of the box. She calmly found Mariona. Mariona slipped past Girma and then fired her shot into the far corner. [0-2](https://streamin.link/v/cfe1d85f).
Arsenal had the ball in the net again, as Blackstenius finished past Hampton, but the flag was up as Blackstenius was judged to have gone beyond Girma.
On 69 minutes, Victoria Pelova replaced Beth Mead.
Kaneryd, on as a sub, was played in behind McCabe. She cutback from Beever Jones who shot wide of Borbe’s goal.
Fox drove into the box and shifted onto her left foot before shooting, with Hampton parrying the shot over.
James, getting beyond Fox, crossed to the middle and Cuthbert, unmarked, headed wide.
On 79 minutes Smila Holmberg replaced Mariona Caldentey. Pelova went to central midfield and Holmberg went to the right.
Russo won the ball off of Girma and she played Blackstenius in. Blackstenius’ angle was cut off by Bronze, but she shot and Hampton parried.
On 81 minutes, James crossed from the middle and Nüsken was unmarked in the 6 yard box, but she headed over.
On 88 minutes Laia Codina and Taylor Hinds replaced Emily Fox and Katie McCabe, as Arsenal dropped into a back 5.
In the 90th minute a Bronze cross came all the way to James on the left. Her first touch was excellent but her shot was dragged well wide.
5 minutes were added on.
Thompson won a corner. Borbe punched, a little unconvincingly, but Arsenal cleared. Foord countered, and slipped in Blackstenius, who from a similar angle to her previous effort shot, with Hampton again parrying.
Wubben-Moy got a telling touch to take a cross away from Beever-Jones in the final minute. Chelsea came again, Baltimore crossed, and Borbe claimed and then the whistle went.