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Aston Villa fought back from behind to claim a 1-1 draw against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the opening match of the Women's Super League season.
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Chelsea's title defence got off to a stuttering start as Aston Villa pinched a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge in Saturday's Women's Super League curtain-raiser. Not exactly the opening night the hosts had in mind.
Lauren James gave Chelsea a dream start, pouncing on a Villa defensive blunder to fire home after just 11 minutes. The Blues kept their foot on the gas, with Aggie Beever-Jones testing keeper Akane Okuma - but the Japanese shot-stopper stood firm.
The visitors emerged from the break with renewed purpose. Amalie Vangsgaard squandered a golden chance to level things up, and Chelsea nearly punished that miss when Keira Walsh rattled the crossbar.
Then came the twist. In the 79th minute, chaos reigned in the Chelsea box and Veerle Buurman bundled the ball into her own net. Not the way anyone wants to make headlines, as Sky Sports reports.
Chelsea threw everything forward in search of a winner. Okuma had other ideas, producing a brilliant late save to preserve Villa's hard-earned point. One point from their opener - not a disaster for Villa, slightly embarrassing for Chelsea.
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