Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa

Aston Villa Women suffered another heartbreaking defeat on Sunday, losing 2-1 to Arsenal at Emirates Stadium.

Maz Pacheco headed home a Lucy Staniforth corner in the first half as Villa looked on course for a first win of the season.

But the resolve of Carla Ward's side was broken deep into stoppage time as Katie McCabe and Alessia Russo struck on minute 92 and 94 to break Villa hearts.

The search for a first point of the season goes on and Villa's next opportunity to pick up a positive result will be on Saturday against Tottenham Hotspur.

Carla Ward made three changes from the side that started last weekend's defeat to Liverpool.

Maz Pacheco, Laura Blindkilde Brown and Simone Magill replaced Jordan Nobbs, Alisha Lehmann and Adriana Leon as Villa deployed a five-person defence at the Emirates.

Arsenal started bright and pushed for an early opener.

Daphne van Domselaar, dependable as ever, pushed away a Caitlin Foord cross before Pacheco headed clear from underneath the crossbar.

But Villa broke the deadlock on 25 minutes when Pacheco headed home a corner from Staniforth.

It was the first Barclays WSL goal of the defender's Villa career, and just her second in all competitions.

Villa's lead looked unassailable until the Gunners started to turn the screw on the hour mark.

Van Domselaar helped a Foord effort onto her post before thwarting Russo from the resulting rebound.

12 minutes were added on by the referee and Arsenal would go on to score twice in as many minutes to cause more heartbreak for Villa.

McCabe slammed the ball in from a tight angle before Russo found the back of the net to cue scenes of elation as far as the hosts were concerned.