Chelsea women’s player ratings vs Arsenal: Hannah Hampton makes a mess of it! Lionesses goalkeeper’s error costs Blues after USWNT sharpshooter Alyssa Thompson’s moment of magic

Chelsea equaled the longest unbeaten streak in Women’s Super League history as they were held to a controversial 1-1 draw with title rivals Arsenal on Saturday afternoon. Alyssa Thompson’s opener was cancelled out by Alessia Russo’s late strike in a breathless match which saw Sonia Bompastor’s Blues match their own 33-game unbeaten league run at the Emirates Stadium.

In another blistering start from Chelsea, winger Johanna Rytting Kaneryd hit the post before Thompson scored her side’s seventh goal in the opening 15 minutes of league games this season, chipping Arsenal goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar with a wonderful finish. Bompastor’s side almost had a second when Van Domselaar then parried Catarina Macario’s effort onto the crossbar, with Wieke Kaptein unable to convert the rebound from close range.

However, as custom this season, Chelsea’s scintillating start soon fizzled out as Arsenal grew into the game, almost pouncing on careless moments in possession from first Hannah Hampton and then Mille Bright before the break. The hosts picked up from where they left off in the second half and thought they had levelled when Stina Blackstenius pounced on Niamh Charles’ poor clearance, but the ball was controversially chalked off for handball. Chelsea will feel vindicated, however, as replays later showed they should not have conceded the corner which led to the disallowed strike.

As the most played fixture in WSL history started to come to an end, Arsenal continued to push and probe and they were finally rewarded when Russo scored a last-gasp leveller, though replays would later show that the Gunners striker looked offside in the build up. And in a final twist in the game, Frida Maanum thought she had won the game for Slegers’ side, but the goal was ruled out for offside, though the midfielder looked onside as she coolly slotted past Hampton.

GOAL rates Chelsea’s players from the Emirates Stadium…