Page 4 - Women's Soccer Scene Issue No.26 2021-22

The Barclays FA WSL

Three first half goals saw Arsenal to a 3-0 victory away to Brighton &
Hove Albion, which preserves their five point lead at the top of the Barclays
FA WSL. Stina Blackstenius put the Gunners in front just before the half hour
mark and after Beth Mead had made it two seven minutes later, Blackstenius
completed the scoring with her second, shortly before half time.
Chelsea meanwhile left it late to keep up the pressure on Arsenal in
second place. The Blues came up against tough resistance from Aston Villa,
whose goalkeeper Hannah Hampton was in fine form, but as the game went
into injury time, Sam Kerr popped up with a vital winning goal for a 1-0
victory which keeps her side’s title challenge firmly on course.
Manchester Utd kept hold on third spot as they won 3-1 at Reading FC Women on
Saturday morning. Leah Galton fired United ahead with five minutes played and after Reading
had equalised through Deanna Rose shortly afterwards, Galton restored United’s lead with her
second goal and Alessia Russo sealed the result by netting the third, two minutes ahead of half
time.
Manchester City maintained their good run of form with a 1-0 success away to
Tottenham Hotspur, which moves them to within two points of their opponents. Caroline Weir
has been at the forefront of City’s recent results and once again the Scottish international came up
with a vital strike for her side, scoring the only goal of the game after 64 minutes.
A goal just before half time returned West Ham Utd to the top half of the table and gave
further frustration to Birmingham City. Adriana Leon gave the Hammers a 1-0 victory which
moves them back up two places.
Everton are edging their way back up the table and are out of the bottom three following
their 3-2 success against Leicester City. Jemma Purfield’s early strike for Leicester was
cancelled out by Toni Duggan and after Anna
Anvegard had put Everton ahead for the first time, Reading FC Women 1 (Rose 16)
Sam Tierney equalised just ahead of the interval. Manchester Utd 3 (Galton 5,25, Russo 43)
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Anvegard netted a second goal, seven minutes into Everton 3 (Duggan 32, Anvegard 40,52)
the second half, and this proved to be just enough to Leicester City 2 (Purfield 5, Tierney 44)
earn the Toffees a fifth league win of the season. -
On Wednesday night, goals from Sam Kerr, Tottenham Hotspur 0
Guro Reiten and Erin Cuthbert gave Chelsea a 3-0 Manchester City 1 (Weir 64)
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win at Everton which sees them narrow the gap on
Chelsea 1 (Kerr 90)
Arsenal to two points. Grace Fisk scored an injury Aston Villa 0
time equaliser for West Ham Utd as they drew 1-1 -
with Manchester Utd, who had earlier led through Birmingham City 0
Ella Toone, whilst Manchester City closed the gap West Ham Utd 1 (Leon 41)
on United to two points as they beat Reading FC - Brighton & Hove Albion 0
Women 2-0, with goals from Demi Stokes and
Arsenal 3 (Blackstenius 27,41, Mead 34)
Lauren Hemp.
BARCLAYS FA WSL P W D L F A Pts GD
ARSENAL 17 12 4 1 45 10 40 35
CHELSEA 16 12 2 2 38 7 38 31 LEADING SCORERS
MANCHESTER UTD 17 9 5 3 36 17 32 Samantha KERR Chelsea 12
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MANCHESTER CITY 16 9 2 5 33 20 29 Vivianne MIEDEMA Arsenal 10
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 16 8 4 4 19 12 28 Beth MEAD Arsenal 7
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WEST HAM UTD 17 6 6 5 21 23 24 Alessia RUSSO Manchester Utd 7
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READING FC WOMEN 17 7 2 8 19 28 23 -9
Natasha DOWIE Reading FC Women 6
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 17 7 1 9 18 26 22 -8
Leah GALTON
EVERTON 16 5 2 9 14 28 17 -14 Manchester Utd 6
ASTON VILLA 17 5 1 11 11 31 16 -20
LEICESTER CITY 17 4 0 13 14 34 12 -20
BIRMINGHAM CITY 17 1 1 15 11 43 4 -32
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