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Chelsea beat Arsenal 1-0 on Sunday and moved within two points of WSL leaders Manchester City, strengthening their early-season title challenge. [Source 1]
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Chelsea’s victory was their third in a row after an opening 1-1 draw with Aston Villa. It extended their WSL unbeaten run to 12 matches and gave them a third successive clean sheet: they have now gone 315 minutes without conceding. [1]
Manager Sonia Bompastor said Chelsea had prepared for periods when Arsenal would have control and praised her players’ mental and physical strength. [1]
In an analysis published by BBC Sport on 27 September, women’s football reporter Emma Sanders suggested Chelsea could win back the title. Their six-year hold on the WSL championship ended last season. [1]
It is still early in the season. Arsenal have won only one of their first four WSL matches and scored just twice, putting Chelsea’s victory in context as the title race develops. [1]
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