Page 4 - Women's Soccer Scene Issue No.34 2022-23

Chelsea will go into the last match of the season knowing that a victory
will mean they have retained their title, following a 2-0 win against
Arsenal on Sunday.
Guro Reiten gave Chelsea the lead midway through the first half,
and Magdalena Eriksson added the second just before half time to clinch
a result which ends the Gunners’ last remaining hopes of winning the
league and put Chelsea on the brink of another success.
Manchester Utd are the only team still in with a chance of
overhauling Chelsea and are guaranteed a top two finish for the first time after they defeated
Manchester City 2-1. A superb second minute strike from Hayley Ladd put United ahead
and after Filippa Angeldahl equalised midway through the second half, Lucia Garcia scored
an injury time winner to confirm that United will play Champions League football next
season, whilst the Cityzens’ own hopes took a huge blow.
Aston Villa and Liverpool meanwhile battled out a thrilling 3-3 draw. Kirsty
Hanson gave Villa an early lead but Reds hit back through Katie Stengel and Natasha Dowie,
before Rachel Daly levelled matters on the stroke of half time. Stengel put Liverpool back in
front with her second goal, before Hanson completed her own double to earn Villa a share
of the spoils.
Reading FC Women are left in a worrying position with one match left to play after
going down 4-1 to Tottenham Hotspur, who achieved safety for themselves. Beth
England netted two of the goals for Spurs, taking her tally to 12 for the season, and she was
joined on the scoresheet by Celin Bizet Ildhusoy
and Kit Graham before Justine Vanhaevermaet Tottenham Hotspur 4 (England 29,62, Ildhusoy 41,
scored a late consolation for the Royals. Graham 75)
Reading FC Women 1 (Vanhaevermaet 79)
Leicester City stay two points ahead of
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Reading as they were also beaten, 2-1 by West Chelsea 2 (Reiten 22, Eriksson 41)
Ham Utd. An own goal gave the Hammers the Arsenal 0
lead and Dagny Brynjarsdottir netted the -
second from the penalty spot as her team ended Everton 2 (Snoeijs 32, Bennison 90)
Brighton & Hove Albion 1 (Robinson 45)
a run of three straight defeats, before Hannah -
Cain replied for Leicester in injury time. Aston Villa 3 (Hanson 7,70, Daly 45)
Brighton & Hove Albion are out of Liverpool 3 (Stengel 37,62, Dowie 40)
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danger despite a 2-1 defeat away to sixth placed Leicester City 1 (Cain 90)
Everton. Katja Snoeijs gave the Toffees a lead West Ham Utd 2 (Howard og 18, Brynjarsdottir pen 60)
which was cancelled out on the stroke of half -
time by Katie Robinson, before Hanna Bennison Manchester Utd 2 (Ladd 2, Garcia 90)
Manchester City 1 (Angeldahl 68)
scored a late winner for Everton.
BARCLAYS WSL P W D L F A Pts GD
CHELSEA 21 18 1 2 63 15 55 48
MANCHESTER UTD 21 17 2 2 55 12 53 43 LEADING SCORERS
ARSENAL 21 15 2 4 49 14 47 Rac Aston Villa 21
35hel DALY
24
MANCHESTER CITY 21 14 2 5 47 23 44 Khadija SHAW Manchester City 18
ASTON VILLA 21 10 4 7 45 37 34 Beth ENGLAND Tottenham Hotspur 12*
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EVERTON 21 9 3 9 27 33 30 Leah GALTON Manchester Utd 10
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LIVERPOOL 21 6 5 10 24 38 23 -14 Chelsea 10
Sam KERR
WEST HAM UTD 21 6 2 13 21 42 20 -21 Manchester Utd 10
Alessia RUSSO
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 21 5 2 14 29 45 17 -16
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 21 4 4 13 26 62 16 -36
LEICESTER CITY 21 4 1 16 14 48 13 -34
READING FC WOMEN 21 3 2 16 23 54 11 -31
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