Page 4 - Women's Soccer Scene Issue No.31 2022-23
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Manchester  Utd  returned  to  action  on  Friday  night  and  came  from
       behind to beat Aston Villa 3-2, and put themselves six points ahead at
       the top.
           Rachel Daly continued her magnificent season by twice putting Villa
       ahead during the first half, taking her league tally to 17 for the season. Leah
       Galton equalised on the first occasion but Villa kept their lead until just
       after the hour mark, when Nikita Parris levelled the scores once more. The
       game looked to be heading for a draw until the third minute of injury time,
       when Millie Turner grabbed a winner for United and a huge boost for their title challenge.
           Manchester City were the next of the contenders in action on Sunday, and they also
       came from behind when defeating Reading FC Women 4-1. Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen had
       given the Royals a perfect start with a goal in the opening minute but City responded through
       Chloe Kelly and Khadija Shaw to lead at the interval. A goal two minutes into the second half
       by Lauren Hemp strengthened the Cityzens’ grip on the game and they crowned the win when
       Steph Houghton scored the fourth.
           This left Chelsea needing a victory when they hosted Liverpool on Wednesday night
       and they obliged with a 2-1 success, avenging their defeat to the Reds on the opening day.
       Chelsea also needed to overcome an early setback when Emma Koivisto put Liverpool in front
       but the Blues were back on level terms through Niamh Charles just ahead of half time and
       Sam Kerr netted the winning goal with just four minutes remaining.
           Leicester City meanwhile gave their survival hopes a huge shot in the arm on Sunday
       with a 4-0 victory over Liverpool, which takes them out of the bottom two. Josie Green and
       Carrie  Jones  gave  Leicester  a  two-goal  lead
       inside the opening quarter of the game and after
       Ashleigh  Plumptre  made  it  three  early  in  the Aston Villa 2 (Daly 9,37)
       second half, Missy Goodwin rounded off a fine  Manchester Utd 3 (Galton 15, Parris 62, Turner 90)
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       day for her side with the final goal in injury time.  Leicester City 4 (Green 15, Jones 21, Plumptre 48,
           Tottenham  Hotspur  and  Brighton  & Goodwin 90)
       Hove Albion meanwhile met in a crucial match Liverpool 0
       and  the  points  were  shared  in  a  2-2  draw.  - Tottenham Hotspur 2 (England 12,78)
       Elisabeth Terland kept up her good run of form
                                               Brighton & Hove Albion 2 (Terland 10, Lee 65)
       by giving the Seagulls an early lead, which was -
       cancelled out two minutes later by Beth England. Manchester City 4 (Kelly 15, Shaw 24, Hemp 47,
       Brighton  went  ahead  once  again  in  the  second  Houghton 70)
       half  through  Lee  Geum-min  but  once  again,  Reading FC Women 1 (Nielsen 1)
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       England came up with a reply and a second goal Chelsea 2 (Charles 41, Kerr 86)
       to earn her side a valuable point.      Liverpool 1 (Koivisto 2)
       BARCLAYS WSL          P  W D  L  F  A Pts GD
       MANCHESTER UTD        19 15 2  2 50 11 47  39
       MANCHESTER CITY       19 14 2  3 45 19 44  26    LEADING SCORERS
       CHELSEA               17 14 1  2 44 15 43  Kha            Manchester City  18
                                               29dija SHAW
                                               29
       ARSENAL               17 12 2  3 40 11 38  Rachel DALY      Aston Villa  17
       ASTON VILLA           19 9  3  7 37 34 30  Beth ENGLAND   Tottenham Hotspur  10*
                                                3
       EVERTON               18 8  3  7 24 21 27  Leah GALTON     Manchester Utd  9
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       LIVERPOOL             19 5  4 10 19 34 19 -15                Chelsea   9
                                               Sam KERR
       WEST HAM UTD          18 5  2 11 19 36 17 -17              Manchester Utd  9
                                               Alessia RUSSO
       TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR     19 4  2 13 25 41 14 -16
       LEICESTER CITY        18 4  1 13 13 39 13 -26
       BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION  18 3  4 11 24 56 13 -32
       READING FC WOMEN      19 3  2 14 22 45 11 -23
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