Chelsea has won the Women's Super League title for the sixth consecutive season after a 1-0 win over Manchester United on Wednesday.
After Arsenal had collapsed in a 5-2 loss in Aston Villa earlier in the day, it left Sonia Bompastor's side to only need one point to get over the line.
But Lucy Bronze 'late goal ensured that the blues could celebrate their first league title among the French woman with a victory in Leigh Sports Village.
United, who has never defeated Chelsea in the WSL, had better the first half.
Melvine Malard was unable to beat Hannah Hampton one-on-one after he had been given a chance by Johanna Rytting Kanyd, while Grace Clinton also ended a glorious opportunity.
Although Chelsea, who was beaten out of the Champions League after a tough semi -final defeat against Barcelona, ​​improved them after the break marginally, they still drove their happiness, with Marc Skinner's side unable to take their chances.
The 74th minute winner of Bronze came from a corner, where Phallon Tullis-Joyce missed her punch, so that the right back kept a header in the distant pole and secured the top spot with two games.
You @Barclaysssl champions before 24/25: Chelsea !! pic.twitter.com/gvadbinj15
– Chelsea FC Women (@chelseafcw) April 30, 2025
The hope of Arsenal to win the WSL had been small before the kick-off, but after a stunning comeback against Lyon to reach the Champions League final at the weekend, Sleen's butchers will be disappointed about Wednesday's show.
Villa benefited from the double salvation of Sabrina d'Angelo to deny Beth Mead, with Jordan Nobbs who delivered her first goal of the result of the resulting counterattack before Kirsty Hanson doubled in the first half of the stop.
The much changed Arsenal tried to strengthen with resting substitutes, but Chasity Grant scored the first of her brace only 40 seconds after the restart.
Rachel Daly then undoubtedly stated the result and stuck in villas fourth 13 minutes later, although the Gunners tried a late fightback.
Stina Blackstenius and Alessia Russo scored in the room of three minutes to halve the shortage, but Grant got her second to show the hope of the visitors when Villa relieved a third consecutive victory.
6 – Chelsea has won the @barclayssl for the sixth consecutive season and for the ninth time, three times as many titles won as any other side (Arsenal – 3). Repetition. pic.twitter.com/bpmx1mbz52
– Optajoe (@Optajoe) April 30, 2025
Data Debrief: Bompastor's Brilliant Blues
Chelsea quickly put the disappointment of the Champions League behind them on Sunday, building on their domestic dominance in what a fantastic campaign has been at the helm for Bompastor.
The inaugural WSL season, when Laura Harvey's Arsenal won the title, Bompastor is the first manager to win the competition in her first campaign.
And this victory means that they have set a new record for the most successive games that are unbeaten in a single WSL campaign (20), which exceeds Manchester City's Run of 19 in 2018-19.
The blues are at the top of the table with 54 points with only two games to play, and if they can win their last two games, against Tottenham and Liverpool, they will totally determine the record points in a single WSL season (currently 58, set by Chelsea itself in 2022-13).
In general it is their ninth triumph in the competition and wins three times as many titles as any other side (Arsenal, three).