A late header from Chelsea’s Sam Kerr denied a dominant but toothless Arsenal all three points, in a feisty battle with the Women’s Super League leaders at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners looked to have closed the three-point gap on their London rivals at the top, with Chelsea having played a game more, thanks to a Kim Little penalty before the hour, but Kerr needed just one moment to draw the beleaguered Blues level. Instead, Arsenal sit third, with Manchester United having leapfrogged the Gunners on goal difference with a win against Liverpool.
With 46,811 tickets sold, more than 40,000 had come for the third time to watch the women’s team in the WSL this season, though there were hordes of fans stranded outside as the game kicked off. Arsenal said in a statement that the match-day operation was the same as it is for every fixture at the ground, blaming “an early kick-off combined with a number of new supporters to our stadium, coupled with 50% of supporters arriving in the last 20 minutes before kick-off” for the overwhelmed turnstiles.
