Hammarby is the sole league leader in Swedish women's football. Just like Häcken, they had won all their matches before Wednesday, and away at Eskilstuna they earned three points after Emilie Joramo scored the match-winning 1-0 with fifteen minutes left to play.
For Häcken, the winning streak ended away to a strong AIK.
17-year-old nets
The Solna team followed up a 2-2 draw at home against Malmö FF with an even bigger scalp. They defeated Häcken for the first time in the women's Swedish league.
"We have made strides since last year. I think we have started the season incredibly strong and shown that we can compete with the top teams. AIK is a club and a team that should be at the top," says midfielder Ida Björnberg to Viaplay.
However, victory seemed to be slipping from their hands.
AIK took the lead in the 59th minute when Nova Selin ran loose to the right in the penalty area. The shot deflected off a Häcken player and looped over goalkeeper Fanney Birkisdóttir. On the goal line, 17-year-old Ellie Junetoft scored her first Allsvenskan goal.
The stars on the bench
Häcken started with two of their biggest stars, slightly injured Felicia Schröder and Anna Anvegård, on the bench. Both were substituted in the second half, and it looked like it would be enough to take points.
In stoppage time, Tabitha Tindell was played through, was tackled, and the referee pointed to the penalty spot.
Felicia Schröder calmly converted the penalty to make it 1–1.
But AIK made another substitution. In the 97th minute, veteran defender Linda Sembrant stepped into the action and lobbed a corner into the goal, giving them three points.
"We believe in it all the time. I think we have grown as a team and as individuals compared to last fall. Today we went out and were ready to compete with Häcken, just like we were ready to compete with Malmö a few days ago," says Sembrant.
"When we are at our highest level, we can threaten anyone."
On the other hand, Anna Anvegård, for obvious reasons, was not as happy with how it ended.
"It's poor defending from us. We get a good push and make it 1-1, completely fair. Then we're not fully connected on the last corner and they get a random goal. But we were poor," says Anvegård.
Corrected: A previous version contained incorrect details about AIK's winning goal.
