Three Canadians dress in top-of-the-table Arsenal-Chelsea women’s clash

Chelsea rallied to tie Arsenal 1-1 with a late Sam Kerr purpose Sunday in a top-of-the desk conflict within the English Barclays Women’s Super League that noticed three Canadians costume.

Defender Kadeisha Buchanan and midfielder Jessie Fleming began for Chelsea whereas newly signed goalkeeper Sabrina D’Angelo was on the bench for Arsenal.

Kerr rescued the purpose for Chelsea with an 89th-minute purpose after Kim Little had given the Gunners the lead from the penalty spot within the 57th minute.

The penalty was referred to as after defender Niamh Charles was judged to have bodied Arsenal’s Caitlin Foord to the turf. Chelsea argued unsuccessfully that the foul occurred exterior the penalty field.

Kerr tied it with a close-range header, splitting the Arsenal defence in attending to Jelena Cankovic’s pinpoint cross, for her eleventh purpose of the season earlier than an introduced crowd of 46,811 at Emirates Stadium. The Australian star now has 72 targets for Chelsea in 95 profession matches,

Chelsea (9-1-1) stays atop the standings with the draw. Arsenal (8-1-1) is three factors again however has a recreation in hand.