Chelsea 1-0 Arsenal: What the managers said

Stamford Bridge welcomed its biggest crowd for a WSL match as 34,302 saw Chelsea claim a 1-0 win over Arsenal. Here is what the managers of both clubs had to say after the game

Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor: "I'm really pleased with the result. As you could see in the game, it was really fine margins. These performances are on the edge. It can go one way or the other way but it went our way which I'm really pleased with.

"If you analyse our performance, it was a tough game. We didn't control everything in the game but were able to score the goal that gave us a great result. We just think we want to take it game by game, making sure we make the right decisions to bring great results. We are far away yet to have won something. We have not won anything yet so need to keep the right mentality.

"It was a perfect afternoon in terms of that announcement [of Naomi Girma signing] and the result. I'm really pleased to have Naomi with us. She is a very talented player. She will bring a lot of quality to the squad, even though it is already very talented. Having Naomi will bring more options for me because I can play a back three or a back four defensive system so I think it's good."

Arsenal head coach Renee Slegers: "We played some really good football at times. What was lacking was the goals. We created one or two chances that were good enough chances to score from. You know you won't get much against Chelsea. Next time we need to be more clinical. We knew it would be very tight today with small margins and details that matter.

"We're improving as a team. How we handle different phases of the game, we do that better and better. Psychologically we are in a state where we can stay in the game no matter what happens in the game and I think that is important in top games like this so I'm very happy with that development. We could have been more clinical with the chances. We are disappointed with the loss.

"There is 10 points now between us so it's a much bigger mountain to climb so we are very aware of that. We had our slips at the start of the season and you never know when other teams are going to slip. We will keep on playing our games and winning our games, that is all we can do. You never know what the future holds."