Page 4 - Women's Soccer Scene Issue No.32 2022-23

A 3-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur has kept Manchester Utd on
top of the table, going into Sunday’s Vitality Women’s FA Cup Final.
Leah Galton scored her tenth league goal of the season to give United
a first half lead and Alessia Russo made it two just three minutes later.
Nikita Parris rounded off the win after the break when she netted the third
goal.
Chelsea got back to league action and made up for lost time with two
emphatic wins, which take them to within a single point of United. On
Sunday, Pernille Harder netted twice along with Guro Reiten, Sam Kerr, Sophie Ingle, Jessie
Fleming and Erin Cuthbert as they defeated Everton 7-0 and in midweek, they scored another
six without reply past Leicester City, Harder bagging another double with Reiten, Cuthbert,
Lauren James and Jelena Cankovic also on the scoresheet.
Arsenal also picked up maximum points from two games to keep their title hopes alive.
Frida Maanum scored the only goal of the game as the Gunners won 1-0 against Leicester City
on Friday night and they followed this up in midweek by beating Brighton & Hove Albion
4-0, two early Stina Blackstenius goals putting them on their way before Maanum and Victoria
Pelova added the others.
Manchester City’s chances look to be Arsenal 1 (Maanum 64)
over though after going down 2-1 to Liverpool. Leicester City 0
Natasha Dowie and Missy Bo Kearns scored the -
goals as the Reds claimed their second win over a Manchester Utd 3 (Galton 32, Russo 35, Parris 53)
Tottenham Hotspur 0
top four side this season, whilst the Cityzens’ -
consolation came from Lauren Hemp. Liverpool 2 (Dowie 16, Kearns 47)
Aston Villa look to be more or less certain Manchester City 1 (Hemp 28)
of a fifth place finish following a 5-0 victory away - Reading FC Women 0
to Reading FC Women, who remain at the foot Aston Villa 5 (Daly 14,55,63, Lehmann 41, Hanson 44)
of the table. Rachel Daly continued her superb -
form by hitting a hat-trick, taking her to the 20 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 (Green 57)
mark in the league for the season, and she was West Ham Utd 0
-
joined on the scoresheet by Alisha Lehmann and Chelsea 7 (Reiten 12, Kerr 25, Harder 33,81, Ingle 44,
Kirsty Hanson. Fleming 45, Cuthbert 90)
Brighton & Hove Albion had also been in Everton 0
action on the weekend, notching a vital 1-0 win -
Chelsea 6 (Reiten 8, Cuthbert 18, Harder 32,42,
against West Ham Utd and a huge stride James 56, Cankovic 90)
towards safety. Kayleigh Green scored the only Leicester City 0
goal, just before the hour, as the Seagulls moved -
to within a point of the Hammers and five off the Brighton & Hove Albion 0
bottom. Arsenal 4 (Blackstenius 6,8, Maanum 39, Pelova 45)
BARCLAYS WSL P W D L F A Pts GD
MANCHESTER UTD 20 16 2 2 53 11 50 42
CHELSEA 19 16 1 2 57 15 49 42 LEADING SCORERS
ARSENAL 19 14 2 3 45 11 44 Rac Aston Villa 20
34hel DALY
MANCHESTER CITY 20 14 2 4 46 21 44 Khadija SHAW Manchester City 18
25
ASTON VILLA 20 10 3 7 42 34 33 Beth ENGLAND Tottenham Hotspur 10*
8
-4
EVERTON 19 8 3 8 24 28 27 Leah GALTON Manchester Utd 10
LIVERPOOL 20 6 4 10 21 35 22 -14 Chelsea 10
Sam KERR
WEST HAM UTD 19 5 2 12 19 37 17 -18 Manchester Utd 10
Alessia RUSSO
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 20 4 4 12 25 60 16 -35
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 20 4 2 14 25 44 14 -19
LEICESTER CITY 20 4 1 15 13 46 13 -33
READING FC WOMEN 20 3 2 15 22 50 11 -28
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