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A London derby, five goals, the champions defeated - are you not entertained?
Sky Sports had hoped for excitement at the Emirates and they were not disappointed.
Much has been made of the new multi-million TV deal for the WSL, with Sky and the BBC sharing the rights.
The Women's Super League champions, Chelsea, were defeated 5-0 by Arsenal (above)
The two televised games before this one were both reasonable, a decent watch, but they could not compare to the battle at the Emirates.
Sky showed Manchester United’s win over Reading on Friday, which was comfortable for the hosts, while Manchester City’s thrashing of Everton on BBC1 a day later was over by half-time. This, however, was an end-to-end affair of two unrelenting teams - and a contest more than worthy of the cameras.
Both clubs are contenders for the title this season but many had Chelsea down as the favourites. An opening day defeat was not part of Emma Hayes’ plans.
Vivianne Miedema (right) scored Arsenal's opening goal in the 14th minute of the game
Beth Mead (above) went on to score two incredible goals for Arsenal and seal their victory
Arsenal knew they had to invest in order to compete with the big-spending Blues. American international Tobin Heath was their last recruit on deadline day, ending an impressive window which included the signings of Nikita Parris, Mana Iwabuchi and Frida Maanum. But it was two players who have been at the club since 2017 who masterminded this victory.
