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Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea
Erin Cuthbert clips Katie McCabe in the middle and she goes tumbling.
A battle that will no doubt rumble on for the next 75 minutes at least!
Summary
FT: Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea - Stina Blackstenius breaks deadlock in extra time
Gunners win back-to-back League Cups after beating Chelsea 3-1 in the 2023 final
Match delayed for seven minutes as Arsenal midfielder Frida Maanum collapses
Gunners say Maanum 'conscious, talking and in stable condition'
Mayra Ramirez first-half goal ruled out by VAR for Erin Cuthbert handball in build-up
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Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea
Beth Mead and Frida Maanum play a one-two on the left. There's numbers in the box for Arsenal but the flag is up. Mead is deemed offside.
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Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea
Rachel Brown-Finnis
Ex-England goalkeeper on BBC TwoNo contact. Lauren James saw the leg dangled but Kim Little looked at the referee straight away as if to say 'no chance.'
'Looked like James got clipped in the box'published at 15:13 British Summer Time 31 March
Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea
Fern Whelan
Former England and Brighton defender on BBC Radio 5 Sports ExtraThat was an interesting one and I'd have to see it again, but it looked to me that Lauren James got clipped in the box as she looked to go for a one-two with Mayra Ramirez.
There weren't many Chelsea protests about a penalty though.
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Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea
Image source, Getty ImagesCloe Lacasse goes up the other end and fires one high and wide.
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Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea
Chelsea look dangerous every time Mayra Ramirez and Lauren James have the ball.
They are involved in a nice move through the middle.
James tries to dance past a few challenges and into the box but she goes down, claiming contact and a penalty.
The referee is having none of it.
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Image source, Getty ImagesBen: I don't often care about Chelsea. However, I want to see Emma Hayes win absolutely everything this season!
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Two London-based clubs. A centrepiece cup final. The venue? West Midlands. The England senior men’s team have just played two back to back friendlies at Wembley. Confusing?
Chaz
Arsenal women v Chelsea women. League cup final. Why isn’t this being played at Wembley?
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Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea
Arsenal go on the attack with Beth Mead and Frida Maanum linking up before it's curled in towards the back post.
It's too high for a team-mate.
'Switch off at your peril'published at 15:10 British Summer Time 31 March
Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea
Rachel Brown-Finnis
Ex-England goalkeeper on BBC TwoCloe Lacasse doesn't track her runner and it's far too easy. Good positioning from Manuela Zinsberger and a pretty standard save.
Switch off at your peril.
CLOSE!published at 9 mins
Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea
Lauren James gets to the ball ahead of Leah Williamson and her touch is a good one.
She pounces on it, cuts inside and fizzes an effort towards goal which is palmed away by goalkeeper Manuela Zinsberger.
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Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea
Mayra Ramirez flicks it past two players before Victoria Pelova steps in to block her route down the right.
Arsenal haven't really had the ball yet.
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Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea
Arsenal are pressing high, as expected. Hannah Hampton has been heavily involved in terms of her distrubition early on.
'Rytting-Kaneryd is going to be a handful for McCabe'published at 15:05 British Summer Time 31 March
Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea
Fern Whelan
Former England and Brighton defender on BBC Radio 5 Sports ExtraJohanna Rytting-Kaneryd is going to be a handful for Katie McCabe today.
She has just shown exactly what she is capable of, picking up the ball out wide and driving inside, making it hard for the Arsenal defenders to get anywhere near her.
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Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea
Emma Smith
BBC Sport at MolineuxThere was some consternation at the pronunciations of players' names by the Molineux stadium announcer before kick-off here.
Eve Perisset and Lotte Wubben-Moy proved particularly troublesome.
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Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea
Emma Hayes wanted her team to "show up from the off" and they are controlling possession in the first few minutes.
Johanna Rytting Kaneryd receives a long pass from Hannah Hampton and weaves past a few challenges before she's stopped on the edge of the box.
'Arsenal fans would love to see Russo and Blackstenius starting together'published at 15:02 British Summer Time 31 March
Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea
Rachel Brown-Finnis
Ex-England goalkeeper on BBC Two
Image source, Getty ImagesHannah Hampton is at the top of her game for Chelsea and could be a match winner.
Huge call from Jonas Eidevall [not to start Russo]. All Arsenal fans would love to see [Alessia] Russo and Stina [Blackstenius] starting together some way, somehow.
KICK-OFFpublished at 1 min
Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea
Off we go at Molineux. Big game!
'Hard to predict tactics in games between Hayes and Eidevall'published at 14:56 British Summer Time 31 March
Arsenal v Chelsea (15:00 BST)
Fara Williams
Former England midfielder on BBC TwoI don't think any one game between Emma Hayes and Jonas Eidevall has been the same tactics wise. I'm really excited to see what they choose to do today.
The game at the Emirates, the game at Stamford Bridge, both sides played completely differently, and it is hard to predict it.
The lineups come out and we are trying to predict how they're going to play and we can't, we're analysing the warm ups to see where players are standing in the shape. It will be exciting to see what happens in this game today.
'Arsenal have been wasteful in recent games'published at 14:55 British Summer Time 31 March
Arsenal v Chelsea (15:00 BST)
Ellen White
Former England striker on BBC TwoI would like to see that [Stina Blackstenius and Alessia Russo starting together] but for this game I would have liked to see Russo play. I know she's been poorly but potentially she could still play.
Arsenal have been quite wasteful in recent games. In this cup final, you need to be clinical and score goals.