Chelsea was late to deny Natalia Arroyo a historic result in his first game as manager Aston Villa, as he earned his own goal by Sarah Mayling with WSL leaders with a 1-0 win.
Arroy’s new side enjoyed a better game at Villa Park, and were a few inches from the opener when Kirsty Hanson hit a wooden structure from a distance of 17 minutes from the time.
But after coming so close to the first WSL point against Blues, Mayling turned the low cross Mayi Ramirez out of Sabrina D’Angelo for a cruel goal eight minutes from the end to extend Chelsea’s lead at the top at 10 points.
Keira Walsh, who was signed by Blues from Barcelona on the day of Rok, made a late cadeo from the bench while Sonia Bompastor urged the re -entry she would not expect to need to need, but the hosts captured more than any Chelsea player.
Hanson worked tirelessly down the left flank, and Jordan Nobbs set him up, calling through the ball for the best chance of playing, surpassing Nathalie Bjorn before he had a great effort with the excellent effort Hannah Hampton got her fingers.
Hampton almost donated a villa opener before the vacation when her bad obscure was intercepted by Gabi Nunes, but her chip lacked a height to catch a goalkeeper who wandered well from her line.
Instead, the only goal of the game came from the moment of a real accident, because Mayling stretched to make Maika Hamano with a open goal, but instead put his name on the leaf while Villa fell to 10th place in the table, four points above the fall.
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