Chelsea's perfect start to the new Women's Super League season came to an end on Friday night, as the Blues were held to a stalemate by Manchester United in a 1-1 draw. Sonia Bompastor's side began their title defence in winning fashion through each of the first four weeks of the season but that run was stopped by the Red Devils, who avoided defeat for just the second time in 12 meetings with the London club.

It was United who started the better of the two on the night, with Ella Toone taking advantage of all the space afforded to her by the Chelsea midfield, until the Blues broke the deadlock with less than 10 minutes on the clock. It was a great team goal sparked into life and then finished by Wieke Kaptein, but Catarina Macario's backheeled pass which set the Netherlands international up to strike was the highlight of it all.

That lead didn't last long, with Anna Sandberg scoring her first Man Utd goal in style to cancel it out on just 20 minutes. From there, the two exchanged dominant spells, creating plenty of openings apiece. Chelsea's best fell to the scorer, but Kaptein was denied by a brilliant Phallon Tullis-Joyce save, while Melvine Malard really should've given the hosts the lead midway through the second half, only to drag her effort wide after finding herself through on goal. In the end, a point was probably the fair result and the Blues will likely be happy with it to some degree, given they were not at their best on the night.

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