Karen Carney misses penalty as Birmingham City hold Chelsea

• Birmingham City 0-0 Chelsea
• Hayley Ladd sent off for second bookable offence

This was a startling admission from the Chelsea manager, Emma Hayes. “The league is over, the league is finished,” she said, having watched her champions again fail to score. “That’s certainly in Birmingham or Arsenal or Man City’s hands.”

In Hayes’s view, in drawing 0-0 at Birmingham, who began the day as joint leaders of the Women’s Super League, her team had “gained a point” but the sight of recently mighty Chelsea huffing and puffing at Solihull did not match that positive spin. One win from six matches with only two goals scored in total, with this a third 0-0 away draw, is a poor return but to write off a title defence so early in a campaign is unusual to say the least.

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