Arsenal held out for 84 minutes but unbeaten Chelsea made it 11 wins from 12 games to take a nine-point lead in the WSL. Oh, and they just signed the world's best defender.

Chelsea were already strong favourites to retain their WSL title following Manchester City's defeat by rivals Manchester United last weekend but it feels like they have one hand on the trophy now. A 1-0 victory over Arsenal at Stamford Bridge was enough to see them pull nine points clear at the top.

The 29-year-old is also France's first-choice goalkeeper, having replaced World Cup-winning captain Hugo Lloris, who retired after Les Bleus' World Cup final defeat to Argentina. Maignan is now the country's vice-captain and was named in the Euro 2024 team of the tournament last summer.

Given that the West London side has spent a quarter of a billion on its midfield, it is truly bizarre that they are left with such a weak option in this position.

Aston Villa are reportedly interested in signing Chelsea centre-back Axel Disasi after Tyrone Mings appeared to pick up another serious injury on Sunday.

As Saturday demonstrated, visits to play Manchester City often expose the unvarnished reality of where Chelsea really are

Reports continue to link Chelsea's Christopher Nkunku with a move to Manchester United. Transfer Talk has the latest news, gossip and rumors.

Erling Haaland scored and set up Phil Foden for another as Manchester City came back to beat Chelsea 3-1 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, sweeping the Londoners and moving into the top four.

Manchester City have leapfrogged Chelsea in the table, moving up to fourth place and dropping the London club down to sixth

Enzo Maresca has named his Chelsea side to face Manchester City in the Premier League. Chelsea are searching for their first victory over Manchester City for th

The visitors threatened to snatch a late winner, with Danny Ings firing narrowly wide before the influential Lucas Paqueta had a goal ruled out for offside in stoppage time