Overview

• Chelsea swept West Ham 4-0 in Dagenham, with Aggie Beever-Jones’ free-kick setting up early goals from Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, Erin Cuthbert and Wieke Kaptein.
• Beever-Jones became the first Chelsea player to score in the club’s first four league matches as the champions stretched their WSL unbeaten run to 29 games.
• West Ham’s Inès Belloumou was sent off for pulling Alyssa Thompson’s hair, and the Hammers remain without a league point alongside Liverpool.
• Manchester United won 2-0 at Liverpool to remain unbeaten and briefly go top, with goalkeeper Rafaela Borggräfe starting as the FA reportedly investigates an alleged pre-season racist comment.
• Arsenal were held 1-1 by Aston Villa at the Emirates after Lucy Parker’s stoppage-time equaliser, marking consecutive league draws and renewed questions over their cutting edge.