Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea (AET): Stina Blackstenius secures League Cup glory in further time

Stina Blackstenius scored a 116th-minute winner as Arsenal beat Chelsea within the Continental League Cup remaining.

It sees Arsenal retain the title, beating Chelsea simply as they did final 12 months.

On a dramatic and emotional day, Arsenal midfielder Frida Maanum was carried from the sector on a stretcher on the finish of regular time after collapsing.

Chelsea, whose goals of being the primary English girls’s facet to win 4 trophies in a season since Arsenal in 2007 have been dashed, appeared to have taken the lead on 21 minutes by means of Mayra Ramirez’s 25-yard drive.

Nevertheless, VAR – in operation right here, not like within the Ladies’s Tremendous League – noticed that Erin Cuthbert had managed the ball along with her arm within the build-up, and it was disallowed.

The reprieve gave impetus to Arsenal, who ended the primary half stronger. Katie McCabe’s stinging drive compelled an excellent save from Chelsea keeper Hampton, earlier than Lotte Wubben-Moy volleyed extensive from the following nook.

Cuthbert appeared to catch Blackstenius within the Chelsea space after the break – however that was not sufficient to warrant a penalty.

Each keepers made necessary stops within the second half. Hampton was once more referred to as into motion on 66 minutes, with a pointy low save to disclaim Cloe Lacasse one on one, earlier than Manuela Zinsberger stood as much as the charging Lauren James late on to deflect her effort extensive.

Additional time was required after a goalless 90 minutes that led to alarming scenes as Maanum went down off the ball late on.

Paramedics and physios from each groups tended to the midfielder for a number of minutes, earlier than she left the sector on a stretcher and with an oxygen masks on, Arsenal later saying she was steady and speaking.

Finally, in entrance of 21,462 spectators – a brand new Ladies’s League Cup file attendance – it was Blackstenius who produced the second of magic.

The Swede muscled away from Cuthbert within the space and fired in to clinch a record-extending seventh League Cup crown for Arsenal.

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