Arsenal v Chelsea: Women’s FA Cup final – live!

71 min McCabe has gone to left-back, with Catley moving into the centre of defence.

70 min Jonas Eidevall isn’t going to die wondering: he has brought on Caitlin Foord, a forward, for the centre-half Jen Beattie.

69 min Kirby is down as well, having been caught by a high challenge from Wubben-Moy.

68 min Catley’s cross is missed by Berger, who was relieved that there were no Arsenal players behind her. There’s a break in play as Berger receives treatment for cramp, which is a bit strange given how little she has had to do today.

65 min McCabe’s corner is headed away at the near post. Chelsea break and McCabe is booked for a cynical foul on Kirby.

64 min McCabe’s dangerous low cross is cleared by Cuthbert, who collides with Bright in the process. Corner to Arsenal…

64 min It’s easy to forget, as this is last season’s competition, that Chelsea are 26 minutes away from their first ever domestic treble. The flipping treble!

61 min Ingle fizzes a pass out to Reiten, whose deep, hanging cross is headed back across by goal. There are no Chelsea players in the middle, though, and Arsenal have time to clear.

61 min A change for Arsenal in midfield: Lia Walti is replaced by Mana Iwabuchi.

60 min This has been a masterclass from Emma Hayes, whose switch to 4-2-3-1 has befuddled Arsenal.

Inevitably, it came on the break. Kirby slid a long pass down the line to Kerr, who made an excellent run from centre to left. Kerr cut inside Wubben-Moy, shaped to shoot across goal and then dragged a low shot past Zinsberger at the near post. Zinsberger was already committed to moving to her left and was unable to change direction. Sad to say, especially after her first-half heroics, but that’s a goalkeeping error.

Sam Kerr doubles Chelsea’s lead!

56 min Arsenal are dominating possession now, though Chelsea seem comfortable enough playing on the break. Ann-Katrin Berger still hasn’t had a save to make.

55 min Zinsberger makes a comfortable save from Kerr’s header. It was a difficult chance, with Cuthbert’s cross slightly behind Kerr.

54 min Eriksson’s deep, driven cross is headed behind by the stooping Catley, with Fleming waiting behind her. The resulting corner is headed away by Lia Walti.

51 min Mead turns Eriksson brilliantly on the edge of the area and is about to shoot when Carter lunges in to make a vital tackle. That’s excellent defending. Mead has been Arsenal’s brighest attacker by a distance.

50 min It’s been a calmer start to the second half for Arsenal, who are having a more even share of the match.

48 min Miedema slides the ball into the area towards Little, but Carter reads the play well and comes across to cover. Little does get to the ball first but can only slide it wide of the near post on the stretch.

46 min Beth Mead, who ended the half strongly on the left, has moved back to the right wing at the start of the second half.

46 min Peep peep! Chelsea begin the second half, with no changes on either side.

“ I suppose that if the Arsenal team have a sports psychologist in the dressing room they’ll be able to explain why the players’ technique seems to all but have deserted them,” says Charles Antaki. “Has this team ever had a half hour filled with so many mis-controls, bad passes, futile lunges and general confusion? It got a bit better, but from an alarmingly low base. Credit to Chelsea’s harrying, I suppose, but it seems somehow that the Arsenal players just managed to spook themselves into incompetence.”

I don’t think the pitch is helping. Chelsea have dealt with it a lot better, mainly by being more direct at times.

Peep peep! Chelsea lead at Wembley thanks to Fran Kirby’s early goal. They should already be out of sight: Kirby hit the post*, Sam Kerr hit the crossbar and Manuela Zinsberger made a number of vital saves. The good news for Arsenal is that they were much better in the last 10 minutes of the first half, and that it’s only 1-0.

* I didn’t realise at the time, but her shot inthe 19th minute was pushed onto the outside of the post by Zinsberger. At the time I thought she’d palmed it straight behind for a corner.

45+2 min Chelsea break three-on-three, only for Kirby to overhit her through pass to Kerr. That was yet another chance, and an unusually sloppy ball from Kirby.

45+1 min Three minutes of added time. Cuthbert has been booked for that foul on Mead.

45 min Cuthbert fouls Mead and hurts herself in the process. I think she’s okay but there’s a break in play while she receives treatment.

42 min McCabe is fouled by Leupolz 25 yards out. It might have been a dive actually, I’ll like to see it again. Either way, Arsenal are having their first good spell of the match, and this is a good opportunity…

40 min: Big penalty appeal from Arsenal! Mead runs at Cuthbert in the area, then twists back inside onto her right foot. Cuthbert, who is already committed to the tackle, slides into the ball and makes contact with her arm. The referee must have been unsighted because that was a clear penalty. Chelsea should have had one earlier as well.

39 min “Hi Rob,” says Dan in Kennington. “What time do Arsenal kick off? Chelsea are playing by themselves at the moment. Awesome stuff from them.”

The daft thing is, if it’s 1-0 to Chelsea at half-time, Jonas Eidevall will be the happier manager.

38 min Arsenal have finally switched their wingers; I’m surprised they didn’t do it 20 minutes ago. Mead, on the left now, runs at Cuthbert and wins a corner.

36 min: Kerr hits the bar! This is getting silly. Kerr runs onto a long punt forward, muscles Wubben-Moy off the ball – Arsenal thought it was a foul – and lifts a shot onto the crossbar from eight yards. That was another brilliant opportunity for Kerr, whose finishing today has been strangely indecisive.

33 min Bright, up for a set piece, volleys off target from 20 yards. It was well struck, with excellent technique, but drifted a few yards wide.

29 min Now Leupolz tees up Kirby, whose shot from the edge of the area is deflected behind. Arsenal are being thrashed 1-0.

28 min Yet another chance for Chelsea! Kirby, who is having a stormer, breaks forward and plays in Reiten to her left. She moves into the area but then the ball gets stuck under her feet and Arsenal’s defenders are able to get across. The pitch saved Arsenal there.

27 min McCabe is lucky not to be booked after leaving one on the Chelsea keeper Ann-Katrin Berger. That was a bit snide.

26 min Cuthbert’s corner is headed wide of the far post by Eriksson, another excellent chance for Chelsea! This could, no exaggeration, be 5-0 to Chelsea.

25 min: Another fine save from Zinsberger! Reiten moves down the left and slides the ball infield to Kerr on the edge of the area. She lets it run to Kirby, who opens her body and shapes a curler towards the bottom corner. Zinsberger gets down smartly to her left to push it behind, and then thumps in the post in frustration at how much work she is having to do.

23 min After some snappy passing from Arsenal, Miedema shoots high and wide from 20 yards.

23 min Chelsea have been much the better team so far. A 3-0 lead wouldn’t flatter them.