Alessia Russo steals the show while Lauren James gets lucky! Winners & losers as Arsenal condemn Chelsea to their biggest Women's Super League defeat in five years

Aside from the cheers that came primarily from the home supporters, one of the most notable sounds during the first half of this clash was Hayes constantly trying to get the attention of Lauren James. Calls of "LJ, LJ, LJ" were incessant from the away dugout, with the Chelsea boss clearly unhappy with the England star's lack of tracking down the left. It meant Katie McCabe had far too much space to roam forward and cause the Blues problems.

When she wasn't being asked to do more from a defensive point of view, James was struggling massively to get involved, unable to mark this game with her usual magic. Indeed, the 22-year-old didn't create a single chance at the Emirates and had just one shot, that flying off target.

She was also perhaps lucky that her afternoon ended with her being subbed off in the 75th minute. Prior to that, James had shown petulance that underlined her youth, deliberately leaving a foot in on Walti after the referee had blown to give a foul against her. She was only shown a yellow, though, fortunately for her.

After an excruciating 11 months of watching from the sidelines while recovering from an ACL injury, Beth Mead is making up for lost time. Some players say it takes a few months to feel like yourself again after such a serious setback and if the Arsenal forward is that far off her best right now, then she might be set to hit new levels before the end of this season.

Mead has now scored four goals in her last four games after opening the scoring at the Emirates on Sunday. The only game of that quartet that she didn't score in was England's clash with the Netherlands, in which she came off the bench at half time to help inspire the Lionesses' comeback from 2-0 down to a 3-2 win.

It's clear there's still a bit of rust there, and that's totally understandable after a year out, but that's what makes her form even more exciting. She's only going to get better and better with each game that comes. That's massive for Arsenal and their title race.

Sam Kerr had just four touches in Arsenal's box on Sunday. It's a statistic that makes it no surprise, really, that Chelsea failed to trouble the Gunners' defence, given the severe lack of service that their star striker had.

There was plenty of effort from the Blues' captain-for-the-day, who won possession back on five occasions, came out on top in nine of her 10 aerial duels and dropped deep to try and get involved as much as she could, putting some nice passes together here and there.

But that 43 of Kerr's 47 touches came outside of the Arsenal box said it all about what a frustrating afternoon this was for one of the best goal-scorers on the planet, who was not only struggling to be found by team-mates but, it must be said, well-marshalled by the Gunners' defence, too.

Russo came into this game off the back of what will have been a frustrating international break. Not only was she part of the England side that failed to top their UEFA Women's Nations League group, thus not making the competition's finals or giving Great Britain a chance to make the Olympic women's football tournament, she was also benched for both of the Lionesses' games, despite her country needing to score a lot of goals in order to achieve these aims. That's not a great look for someone who has been England's first-choice No.9 for over a year.

However, any disappointment or loss of confidence that may have come from that situation wasn't on show at the Emirates. When Walti played a gorgeous pass to put her through on goal, she never looked like she was going to miss, shaping her body to curl the ball around Berger and into the back of the net.

And when Rebecca Welch awarded Arsenal a penalty late in the second half - extremely controversially, it must be noted, with Jess Carter clearly winning the ball cleanly - Russo stepped up and drilled the ball with pace into the bottom corner from 12 yards, despite not being the Gunners' regular penalty taker.

It's been said time and time again that England's No.9 is not her country's most clinical forward but she gets herself in plenty of great situations and if she can show this confidence and composure more often, she can certainly develop into a more prolific goal-scorer to further strengthen her already superb all-round game.

That stand-out performance from Russo only made life more difficult for a Chelsea defence that struggled from the get-go. Without skipper Millie Bright as she continues to recover from a knee problem that kept her out of England's games last week, the Blues lacked any real pace in the heart of the back four and it was painfully exposed, most notably by Russo's first goal.

But that wasn't the only way they were caught out. The first goal was plagued by a lack of pressure and aggression, with Caitlin Foord allowed to travel for far too long with the ball without anyone getting near her before Chelsea failed to clear the danger in the box despite several chances to do so. From there, Victoria Pelova was able to turn in the box with alarming ease and pick out a totally unmarked Mead, who sent three players the wrong way before finishing.

It was no surprise to see Hayes opt for a triple sub at the break, with two of those changes made to the back line. Those decisions had a positive impact and made Chelsea look a little bit more secure, though they could've hardly looked weaker and the damage was already done.

It wasn't a great day out for Chelsea at all but Rytting Kaneryd deserves a mention for her goal, one which further underlined her growth as a player for the Blues. Hayes often emphasises that it takes time for her players to settle into this team and its demands, and that has been true of the Swede, who joined the club in the summer of 2022.

She has shown plenty of flashes of quality in the time since her arrival, with her electric pace a nightmare for any defence. But she appears to be adding the end product to that this season, with her strike on Sunday marking her second of the campaign alongside three assists. It takes her past her total goal involvements in the WSL last year already.

Again, there were not many positives for Chelsea to take out of this performance at all. They were overrun in midfield, sloppy at the back and lacked creativity going forward. But Rytting Kaneryd is slowly coming to the fore in this team and Sunday was another reminder of that.