The reigning England Women’s Super League champion Chelsea WFC started the 2023/2023 season with a victory at home versus Tottenham Hotspur by 2-1 (1-0).
Mia Fishel (28′) and Lauren James (51′), both assisted by Niamh Charles, gave advance for Chelsea FC, but Martha Thomas (76′) retuned one goal to keep the intrigue to the very end of the match. However, Zecira Musovic showed great class and did not allowed a second goal in her net, to bring the victory for her team.
West Ham United lost at home to Manchester city by 0-2 (0-0). Lauren Hemp (48′) and Jill Roord (55′), bot assisted by Laia Aleixandri Lopez, scored for the visitors and Chloe Kelly even missed a penalty in the 50th minute. The team of Manchester City finished with a personal less on the ground after Leila Ouahabi received a red card in the 71st minute.
In London, Arsenal set an England Women’s Super League crowd record of 54,115 at the Emirates Stadium, but the fans went home unhappy after Miri Taylor got the only goal to give Liverpool, who didn’t manage a single away win last season, a shock 1-0 victory.
Bristol City lost to Leicester City by 2-4 (1-1) after strong second half. Carrie Jones opened the scoring for the hosts in the 33rd minute, but Aimee Palmer equalized in the 3rd minute of the extra time of the first half. Two quick goals at the start of the second half by Shannon O’Brien (49′) and Lena Petermann (52′) gave a comfortable advance for Leicester City, while Jutta Rantala in the 83rd minute made the result 1-4. Amalie Thestrup succeeded to return one goal for Bristol City and formed the final 2-4.
Everton WFC lost to Brighton & Hove Albion WFC by 1-2 (0-2) after two goals of Elisabeth Terland. Megan Finnigan returned one goal for the hosts, but it was not enough to take the point.
Manchester United WFC achieved a late victory as a visitor to Aston Villa WFC. The first half was goalless, but Rachel Daly gave advance for the hosts in the 77th minute. Lucia Garcia Cordoba equalized in the 80th minute and Rachel Williams in the 90+3rd minute brought the victory to Manchester United.
