This week, defending champions Chelsea ended Manchester United’s unbeaten start, and a battle at the bottom erupted as West Ham and Brighton & Hove Albion competed in a goal-frenzied encounter.
Letβs take a look at all the weekend action in our WSL Weekly Magazine.
LEICESTER CITY 0-4 ARSENAL
Arsenal continued their perfect winning start by dominating hosts Leicester City at the King Power Stadium.
Frida Maanum put Arsenal ahead after 13 minutes, followed by Caitlin Ford 22 minutes later, who headed home Beth Mead’s cross, before Steph Catley 37 minutes later made it 0-3 from a corner.
Top scorer Stina Blackstenius completes Arsenal’s scoring on 48 minutes – 0-4.
Leicester suffers their sixth consecutive defeat in the WSL; the club remains bottom of the table, and new manager Willie Kirk succeeds Lydia Bedford. On November 20th, they face West Ham United, can they strike lucky?
Arsenal remains top of the WSL with eighteen points.
LIVERPOOL 0-1 ASTON VILLA
READING 0-3 MANCHESTER CITY
Manchester City return home with three points after Emma Mukandi, Reading captain, gifted two goals to City in the second half with an unfortunate own-goal brace!
Bunny Shaw secured the win with a header from Mary Fowler’s cross making this City’s fourth consecutive WSL victory.
Reading, who only obtained 23% possession, remains second from bottom in the league table with just three points.
Manchester City sit comfortably in fourth with twelve points.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR VS EVERTON
Match postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
WEST HAM UNITED 4-5 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION
The rally of the season!
West Ham took the lead as Lisa Evans 3′ looped the first goal over goalkeeper Walsh in a surprising start.
Brighton, with a quick turnaround, tallied three goals in twelve minutes, with Carter at 8′, 20′, and Veatriki Sarri at 11′.
Victoria Williams, 59′ gave a lifeline to West Ham with an own goal, but teammates Elizabeth Terland 68′ and Jorja Fox 71′ rectified the mistake for a total of five goals.
Viviane Asseyi’s 85-86′ late double sent shockwaves through the Blues for a grand finale, but at the end of the whistle, it was Brighton who took three points.
West Ham with nine points holds tight to eighth position, just above Brighton who have six points.
MANCHESTER UNITED 1-3 CHELSEA
Manchester United waved goodbye to their perfect start as Chelsea go home victorious with a 1-3 win.
A goalless first half made way for a clinical second half.
Sam Kerr 60′ and Lauren James 64′ drove the current champions into the lead.
Alessia Russo 71′ pulled one back for United but Chelsea’s Erin Cuthbert on 90’+2, scored the third goal to seal the win!
Chelsea’s points, now totalling eighteen, take them up one place above United into second position.
CURRENT TABLE
THIS WEEKβS FIXTURES β WHERE-2-WATCH
Saturday 19th, November – Everton Vs Manchester City 15:00 – Sky Sports
Saturday 19th, November – Arsenal Vs Manchester City 17:30 – Sky Sports
Sunday 20th, November – Chelsea Vs Tottenham Hotspur 13:00 – BBC Sport
Sunday 20th, November – Brighton & Hove Albion Vs Liverpool 14:00 – The FA Player
Sunday 20th, November – Aston Villa Vs Reading 14:00 – The FA Player
Sunday 20th, November – West Ham United Vs Leicester City 15:00 – The FA Player
AUTHOR | DANIELLE THOMPSON
Check out Danielle’s amazing blog site Women Talk Football for more of her content.
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