Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea: Danielle Carter's first half goal gifts Gunners 14th FA Women's Cup as Blues fail to retain trophy
- Arsenal's 1-0 victory sealed their 14th Women's FA Cup in their 15th final
- Danielle Carter's right-footed curler put Arsenal ahead after 17 minutes
- Last year's FA Cup holders Chelsea failed in their quest to defend the cup
Danielle Carter hit a stunning Wembley winner as Arsenal Ladies picked up their 14th Women's FA Cup with a deserved win over Chelsea Ladies in Saturday's final.
In front of a record crowd of 32,912, the Gunners fought through to win the trophy at the national stadium for the first time in a reminder of how dominant a force they can be in the Women's game.
Two defeats in five Women's Super League matches - including one inflicted by Chelsea - have given an impression of weakness in this side, but none of that was on show here.
CHELSEA MANAGER HAYES :'Congratulations to Arsenal,' she said. 'It was a fantastic performance and a reminder of how it is about a single game. It's not about an accumulation of games against each other, it's not about previous history, it's not even about recent form.
'It's about showing up and putting in a performance. Arsenal did that today, they dominated. I have no complaints about the result.
'When we reflect on that as a team tomorrow I will remind the players of what the game plan was and how often it is we did what we wanted them to do.
'But that's a credit to Arsenal, they put us under a lot of pressure, they pressed us high in our half and I think they got their just reward for that.'
The Gunners might be stuttering in the Women's Super League but here they showed that, once again, they are well at home on the showpiece occasion.
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