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• 'It certainly doesn't help' - Eidevall fails to concede Arsenal title hopes after Chelsea loss

  Jonas Eidevall failed to concede Arsenal's hopes of winning the Women's Super League title after falling to a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea at the Emirates on Saturday. 

  The defeat leaves Arsenal in sixth place in the early-season standings having taken just five points from their opening four games of the season. 

  Mayra Ramirez and Sandy Baltimore handed the visitors a two-goal advantage early on, with Caitlin Foord's fine individual effort before half-time proving to be just a consolation. 

  It brought an end to a dismal week for Eidevall, having watched his side lose their Champions League opener 5-2 to Bayern Munich on Wednesday.

  "It certainly doesn't help, but as I said before, the only way is to go game by game," Eidevall said on his side's hopes of winning the title after their poor start to the campaign. 

  "We are disappointed with the result and the start today, but I am very proud of the heart that the players showed."

  But following Chelsea's first two goals, it was Arsenal who were in the ascendency, creating the better of the chances in north London but failing to make them count. 

  The Gunners registered 20 attempts during the contest, but only four of which were on target, rarely troubling visiting goalkeeper Hannah Hampton for the most part. 

  Though Arsenal find themselves already four points behind the early-season pacesetters, Eidevall still believes he is still the right man to lead the Gunners forward. 

  "I gave my absolute everything. You can see that the players certainly gave everything on the pitch too, and that is the thing you can control," Eidevall said. 

  "I think the way that the players played with the heart on the pitch, I can't ask for anything more," he added when asked if he had the backing of his players. 

  "It showed in the way that they played that they were giving their absolute everything on the pitch."

  Chelsea, meanwhile, continued their fine start under Sonia Bompastor, building on their impressive win against Real Madrid in midweek with a triumph over their fierce rivals. 

  But it was anything but comfortable for the Blues, who managed an expected goals (xG) total of just 0.35 from their efforts during the second half. 

  "For sure it was a tough game, we were expecting that. It's always good to win, three points are three points," Bompastor said.

  "But I wish my team were able to play the ball better in the second half. The quality of the players we have, we should be able to produce more.

  "Good moments, we need to enjoy them and have fun."

• Ederson lauds 'sometimes annoying' Guardiola

  Ederson says it is an honour to be a part of Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, though admitted the manager can be "sometimes annoying".

  The goalkeeper joined City in June 2017 and has since kept 113 clean sheets in 257 Premier League appearances, more than any other goalkeeper in the competition since his debut.

  He has won 15 major trophies with City, including six Premier Leagues, two FA Cups and a Champions League title, as well as the UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup under Guardiola. 

  While on international duty with Brazil, Ederson attended an event for Children's Day and was asked if Guardiola was nice, annoying or angry by one child.

  "You're going to get me in trouble," Ederson told ESPN Brasil. "He's all three.

  "He's a nice guy, he's sometimes annoying, in the sense of [being] demanding, because he has to [be] demanding to a professional [player], and he's also angry when he has to be angry.

  "So he has a mixture of all three. But he's a nice guy off the pitch, and he's a very, very demanding guy on it. And he's also a guy who gets angry like any other person, like any other coach, when things don't go well or when the team doesn't play well.

  "Of course, we know that we're not going to be able to play 70 games at a brilliant level. Of course, in one game or another, there's going to be a dip."

  Under Guardiola, City became the only English club in history to hold all five trophies – Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup, Super Cup and Club World Cup – in a calendar year (in 2023).

  In the English top-flight, Guardiola has overseen 311 games since July 2016, winning 230 of those (D43 L38). He has a 73.95% win percentage in the competition and averages 2.36 points per game.

  And Ederson believes the Spaniard, who has been named the Premier League manager of the season five times, has changed football in the competition.

  "I've been able to play a big part in the project," he said. "You take everything Guardiola has built up with the group, with the squad and everything he's been able to reformulate practically.

  "You see every Premier League game today, how the teams try to play more football, have more possession. It's completely different from when he arrived.

  "So to be able to be part of this project and achieve everything I've achieved, I feel very honoured, it really is a childhood dream."

• Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea: Ramirez and Baltimore pile more misery on Eidevall

  Sonia Bompastor continued her perfect start to life as Chelsea head coach after sealing a 2-1 win over London rivals Arsenal, piling more pressure on Jonas Eidevall. 

  In an end-to-end encounter that the Gunners dominated for the majority, goals from Mayra Ramirez and Sandy Baltimore sealed a sixth victory of the season for Chelsea. 

  The Blues opened the scoring in the fourth minute after Arsenal failed to clear Baltimore's corner, with Millie Bright flicking the ball on to Ramirez, who hooked it over her shoulder and in. 

  A dominant start was further rewarded 12 minutes later when Lauren James skipped to the byline before standing the ball up at the back post for Baltimore to nod beyond Daphne van Domselaar from close range. 

  But Arsenal grew into the contest after going two goals down, claiming their just rewards two minutes before the interval when Caitlin Foord broke into the Chelsea box before curling an effort in off the far post to hand the hosts a lifeline. 

  The Gunners felt they should have had a penalty early in the second half when James barged Lotte Wubben-Moy off the ball as they continued to mount pressure on the Blues' backline. 

  And they almost snatched a point late on when Katie McCabe picked out Stina Blackstenius, with the Swede sending a strike crashing off the crossbar as Chelsea held on in the closing stages to seal an already huge victory in the title race.

  Data Debrief: Blues not brilliant, but win again

  Chelsea continued their excellent start under Bompastor in the Women's Super League but struggled in the second half against Arsenal's endless wave of pressure. 

  The Blues ended the contest with an expected goals (xG) total of 0.98 from their 11 shots compared to Arsenal's 2.74 from their 20 attempts on Hannah Hampton's goal.

  Arsenal's Alessia Russo was perhaps the most guilty of spurning her side's best opportunities, ending the encounter with more shots on target (four) and touches in the opposition box (12) than any other player on the pitch.