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The Guardian // Sport

Women’s Super League: talking points from the weekend’s action

Monday 8th September 2025, 10:17AM

Replacements help Gunners down newcomers, Vignola strikes three and Koga is backed to be ‘one of the best’Sonia Bompastor, the Chelsea manager, expressed her frustration at what she perceived to be a deliberate tactical timeout orchestrated by Manchester City during the first half of Friday’s season-opener. While the City goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita was down receiving treatment, head coach Andrée Jeglertz used his tactics board to show instructions to his players. Bompastor could be seen remonstrating with the officials at the time and, after the game, she said: “For me, that’s not fair. It’s not in the rules. I mentioned that last season as well, with all the goalkeepers going down just for the coach to have a tactical stoppage to talk to the players. I’m not saying I will never use that, because I know that it can be part of a strategy, but tonight it was too much. It was a long break, it was obvious for everyone, they had the board and everything.” Tom GarryMatch report: Chelsea 2-1 Manchester CityBeever-Jones shows she is more than impact playerMatch report: Arsenal 4-1 London City LionessesMatch report: Liverpool 1-4 Everton

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