Soccer-Thompson fires Chelsea to 1-0 WSL win over Arsenal

Soccer Football - Women's Super League - Chelsea v Arsenal - Stamford Bridge, London, Britain - September 27, 2026 Chelsea's Alyssa Thompson scores their first goal past Arsenal's Anneke Borbe Action Images via Reuters/Cat Goryn

Sept 27 (Reuters) - ⁠Chelsea winger Alyssa Thompson scored the only goal as her ⁠side held off Arsenal to claim a tense 1-0 Women's ‌Super League victory at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Leaders Manchester City remain top after they beat bottom club Charlton Athletic to make it four wins from four, but ​Sonia Bompastor's unbeaten Chelsea underlined their title ⁠ambitions by inflicting Arsenal's first ⁠defeat of the season.

Arsenal were far better in the opening exchanges, ⁠but ‌their lack of end product was punished when Thompson pounced in the 39th minute to slam home a rebound.

The ⁠visitors pushed for an equaliser, but despite riding their ​luck at times, ‌Chelsea were able to hang on for a result that ⁠left them ​third in the table on 10 points.

The day's most impressive performance came from free-scoring Tottenham Hotspur, who hammered struggling Aston Villa 4-0. Victoria Pelova ⁠netted twice for Spurs, who are second ​in the table on 10 points, ahead of Chelsea thanks to their goal difference of +13.

Japanese substitute Suzu Amano scored three minutes from time as ⁠Birmingham City snatched a 3-3 draw at home to Crystal Palace, andManchester United grabbed their first win of the WSL season in a 2-1 home victoryover West Ham United.

Spain internationalAlexia Putellas got her ​first WSL goal when London City Lionesses beat ⁠Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 on Saturday to leave them in fourth ​place on nine points, two ahead of ‌fifth-placed Liverpool, who continued their solid start ​to the season with a 2-0 win over Everton in the Merseyside derby.

(Reporting by Philip O'ConnorEditing by Toby Davis)

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足球 - 女子超级联赛 - 切尔西对阵阿森纳 - 斯坦福桥球场，伦敦，英国 - 2026年9月27日 切尔西球员阿丽莎·汤普森攻破阿森纳门将安妮克·博尔贝的十指关，打入球队首球。（图片来自路透社/卡特·戈林）

9 月 27 日（路透社）——周日，切尔西边锋阿丽莎·汤普森打入全场唯一进球，帮助球队在斯坦福桥球场以 1-0 险胜阿森纳，赢得了一场紧张的女子超级联赛胜利。

曼城在击败垫底球队查尔顿竞技后继续领跑积分榜，取得四连胜，但索尼娅·邦帕斯托率领的切尔西保持不败，并终结了阿森纳本赛季的不败纪录，凸显了她们的冠军雄心。

阿森纳在开局阶段表现得更好，但他们缺乏临门一脚，在第39分钟，汤普森抓住机会补射破门，为球队赢得了胜利。

客队全力争取扳平比分，但尽管切尔西有时运气不错，最终还是守住了胜果，以10分位列积分榜第三。

当天最令人印象深刻的表现来自火力全开的托特纳姆热刺队，他们以4-0大胜苦苦挣扎的阿斯顿维拉队。维多利亚·佩洛娃为热刺队梅开二度，目前热刺队积10分，排名积分榜第二，凭借+13的净胜球优势力压切尔西队。

日本替补球员天野铃在比赛结束前三分钟进球，帮助伯明翰城队主场3-3战平水晶宫队；曼联女足主场2-1战胜西汉姆联队，取得了本赛季女足超级联赛的首场胜利。

西班牙国脚阿莱克西娅·普特利亚斯在周六伦敦城女狮队2-0战胜布莱顿女足的比赛中打入了她在WSL联赛的首粒进球，使她们以9分位列积分榜第四，领先排名第五的利物浦2分。利物浦在默西塞德郡德比中2-0战胜埃弗顿，延续了她们本赛季的良好开局。

（菲利普·奥康纳报道，托比·戴维斯编辑）

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