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Isobel Goodwin rescued a point for London City Lionesses against Chelsea

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  • Isobel Goodwin's late equaliser earns London City deserved draw at New Den

  • Johanna Rytting Kaneryd gave Blues the lead midway through first half

  • Julia Roddar strikes woodwork for improved hosts before Goodwin's leveller

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Matthew Howarth
BBC Sport journalist

Isobel Goodwin scored a late equaliser as London City Lionesses ended Chelsea's five-game winning run with a deserved point a the New Den.

The newly crowned Women's League Cup winners started brightly and took a deserved lead when Johanna Rytting Kaneryd ran on to Aggie Beever-Jones' flick and steered a cool finish past onrushing goalkeeper Elene Lete.

Teenage midfielder Lexi Potter, who scored her first Women's Super League goal on her top-flight debut against Brighton in midweek, sliced a shot wide from Chloe Sarwie's cross as Sonia Bompastor's side continued to dominate the first half.

London City's only attempt before the break came from Grace Geyoro's free-kick on the edge of the area, which the France international fired straight at goalkeeper Hannah Hampton.

Beever-Jones should have doubled Chelsea's lead within 90 seconds of the restart but the hosts were much improved after the break, peppering Hampton's goal in the latter stages in search of an equaliser.

Jana Fernandez and Freya Godfrey both blazed over the crossbar from long range, while second-half substitute Delphine Cascarino had a close-range effort diverted over the crossbar by Veerle Buurman.

Cascarino then had a goal-bound header tipped wide by Hampton, who could only stand and watch moments later as Julia Roddar struck the top of the crossbar after Chelsea had failed to clear a corner.

But the Lionesses' pressure finally told eight minutes from time, when Goodwin nodded home the rebound after Hampton had parried Lucia Corrales' powerful strike into the forward's path.

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3 P. Pattinson
26 W. Sangaré
13 E. Linari
2 Jana Fernández
88 G. Geyoro
30 M. Marcetto
17 N. Parris
10 D. van de Donk
14 F. Godfrey
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7 Lucía Corrales
23 I. Goodwin
16 J. Roddar
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