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The Barclays FA WSL

It’s as you were after Friday night’s top of the table clash left Arsenal still
two points ahead of Chelsea, who have a game in hand after their meeting
finished goalless. Both teams went close to scoring but the draw leaves
things tight between the two sides as we go into the international break.
Tottenham Hotspur have hopped back into the other
Champions League spot after they won 2-0 away to Birmingham City.
Ashleigh Neville scored for the second week in a row, to give Spurs the lead
midway through the second half and Ria Percival added the second late
on, to keep up her side’s chase for a top three place but deal another blow
to the Blues’ hopes of getting away from danger.
The Manchester derby was a vital one for both clubs and it was Manchester City who
were 1-0 winners over Manchester Utd. A solitary goal from Caroline Weir, nine minutes
from time, rekindled City’s Champions League hopes and took United out of the top three
whilst City are up to fifth, two points behind United and a further two points adrift of third
placed Tottenham.
Reading FC Women’s superb run of form was brought to a crashing halt as they
were beaten 4-1 by Brighton & Hove Albion. The Seagulls led at the break with a goal from
Kayleigh Green and the Welsh international added another early in the second half. Aileen
Whelan made it three on the hour and Emma Koivisto rounded off the scoring for Hope
Powell’s side, before the Royals grabbed a late consolation through Amalie Eikeland.
Aston Villa moved themselves closer towards mid-table, thanks to a 2-0 victory away
to Everton who went down to a fourth straight defeat. Both of Villa’s goals came in the
opening quarter of the game, Emily Gielnik giving Chelsea 0
them a seventeenth minute lead and Ramona Arsenal 0
Petzelberger adding the second shortly -
afterwards. Manchester City 1 (Weir 81)
Leicester City claimed their third win in Manchester Utd 0
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four matches when beating West Ham Utd 3-0. Everton 0
Natasha Flint and Ashleigh Plumptre put them Aston Villa 2 (Gielnik 17, Petzelberger 23)
two ahead inside the opening ten minutes and - Birmingham City 0
Freya Gregory netted the third, five minutes into
Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Neville 66, Percival 85)
the second half to complete a result which takes -
them out of the bottom two. Leicester City 3 (Flint 2,Plumptre 9, Gregory 50)
The Barclays FA WSL will now take a break West Ham Utd 0
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for the international matches and the Fifth Round Brighton & Hove Albion 4 (Green 20,52, Whelan 61,
of the Vitality Women’s FA Cup, before resuming Koivisto 68)
action again on 2nd March. Reading FC Women 1 (Eikeland 88)
BARCLAYS FA WSL P W D L F A Pts GD
ARSENAL 14 9 4 1 34 8 31 26
CHELSEA 13 9 2 2 30 6 29 24 LEADING SCORERS
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 14 8 3 3 19 11 27 Samantha KERR Chelsea 9
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MANCHESTER UTD 14 7 4 3 28 15 25 Vivianne MIEDEMA Arsenal 8
MANCHESTER CITY 14 7 2 5 30 20 23 Natasha DOWIE Reading FC Women 6
10
READING FC WOMEN 13 7 1 5 18 19 22 Fran KIRBY Chelsea 6
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WEST HAM UTD 14 5 5 4 18 18 20 0
Kim LITTLE Arsenal 6
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 15 6 1 8 17 23 19 -6
Lauren HEMP
ASTON VILLA 14 5 1 8 11 28 16 -17 Manchester City 5
LEICESTER CITY 15 4 0 11 12 27 12 -15
EVERTON 13 3 2 8 10 23 11 -13
BIRMINGHAM CITY 15 1 1 13 9 38 4 -29
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