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maintained their lead of three points when they won 2-0 against
on the resumption of the league.
The Gunners were quickly into their stride and took the the lead
through Kim Little after nine minutes. Jordan Nobbs sewed up the points
for Arsenal when she scored the second goal, midway through the first
half.
meanwhile hold on to second place, thanks to a
4-1 victory away to . City got off to a fast start by scoring
twice inside the opening five minutes, Pauline Bremer giving them the lead
and Ellen White quickly adding a second. Spurs did pull one back from the penalty spot
through Rianna Dean but Bremer restored the two-goal advantage seven minutes later when
she scored her second and Lauren Hemp completed the scoring on the stroke of half time.
stretched their unbeaten start to ten matches when they defeated
3-1 to keep up their own challenge. The game was notable for the first appearance
of Chelsea’s marquee signing Sam Kerr but it was Reading who were to strike first when Fara
Williams gave them a sixteenth minute lead. However moments later, the Royals were reduced
to ten players when goalkeeper Grace Moloney was red carded for a foul on Kerr. Chelsea
pressure brought an equaliser just before the interval, when Kerr’s back heel released Beth
England through to score. This game was a unique one in the WSL on Sunday as it contained
second half goals! Guro Reiten put Chelsea ahead midway through the second half and Erin
Cuthbert made the points safe when she scored the third goal.
brought an end to their unwanted run of fifteen league matches without a
win, stretching back virtually a year, with a surprise 1-0 success away to . The
only goal of the game came eleven minutes before
half time, via a fine solo effort from Ebony Salmon Manchester Utd 0
Bristol City 1 (Salmon 34)
against her former club. City needed to withstand -
intense United pressure during the second half Chelsea 3 (England 41, Reiten 64, Cuthbert 75)
but with goalkeeper Sophie Baggaley in excellent Reading FC Women 1 (Williams 16)
form, held on for a much needed result which -
Arsenal 2 (Little 9, Nobbs 23)
takes them off the bottom of the table.
Birmingham City 0
meanwhile -
claimed their second victory of the season, 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 (Whelan 33)
against . Aileen Whelan netted the only Liverpool 0
goal of the game just after the half hour, for a -
Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Dean pen 20)
result which lifts the Seagulls out of the bottom
Manchester City 4 (Bremer 2,27, White 5, Hemp 44)
three.
BARCLAYS FA WSL P W D L F A Pts GD
ARSENAL 11 10 0 1 31 5 30 26
MANCHESTER CITY 11 9 0 2 28 4 27 24 LEADING SCORERS
CHELSEA 10 8 2 0 24 6 26 Vivianne MIEDEMA Arsenal 14
18
MANCHESTER UTD 10 5 0 5 16 8 15 Pau 8line BREMER Manchester City 7
EVERTON 9 5 0 4 13 11 15 Beth ENGLAND Chelsea 7
2
READING FC WOMEN 10 4 2 4 16 20 14 Lauren JAMES Manchester Utd 5
-4
-8
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 11 4 1 6 10 18 13 Chloe KELLY Everton 5
-7
WEST HAM UTD 9 3 1 5 12 19 10 Kim LITTLE Arsenal 5
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 11 2 3 6 8 22 9 -14
BIRMINGHAM CITY 9 2 1 6 5 17 7 -12
BRISTOL CITY 10 1 3 6 7 30 6 -23
LIVERPOOL 11 0 3 8 3 13 3 -10
Issue no. 19 - 9 January 2020 news@womenssoccerscene.co.uk