Page 4 - Women's Soccer Scene Issue No.13 2022-23

Chelsea continue to stretch the pace at the top of the table and also
greatly boosted their goal difference with an 8-0 victory over Leicester
City.
Jessie Fleming and Fran Kirby each scored twice, with Guro Reiten,
Niamh Charles, Sam Kerr and Beth England also getting on the
scoresheet as Emma Hayes’ side ran up an eighth straight victory, which
preserves their lead of three points over their nearest rivals.
Manchester Utd now occupy second place on goal difference after
they defeated Aston Villa 5-0 at Old Trafford. Katie Zelem and Leah Galton put United two
goals ahead at half time in front of an attendance of 30,196 and they went on to crown the
win with further goals after the break from Alessia Russo, Ona Batlle and Rachel Williams.
United’s five-goal margin of victory means that Arsenal have slipped back a place to
third but remain firmly in the running following their 1-0 win against Everton. Vivianne
Miedema scored the only goal of the game, midway through the first half, to steer the
Gunners back to winning ways.
It’s now six wins on the trot for Manchester City as they continue their pursuit after
the top three. The damage was done inside the opening 26 minutes as a Veatriki Sarri own
goal ut them in front, before Julie Blakstad and Laura Coombs put the seal on a 3-1 victory
over Brighton & Hove Albion, who grabbed an injury time consolation through Lee
Geum-min.
Liverpool put an end to their run of seven Manchester Utd 5 (Zelem 13, Galton 28, Russo 51,
games without a victory by beating West Ham Batlle 76, Williams 90)
Aston Villa 0
Utd 2-0. Again, the damage was done early in -
the game, as Ceri Holland gave the Reds a third Arsenal 1 (Miedema 24)
minute lead and Katie Stengel scored her sixth Everton 0
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goal of the season to wrap up the win. Leicester City 0
Reading FC Women also picked up a Chelsea 8 (Reiten 4, Fleming 13,50, Kirby 39,82,
valuable three points, thanks to a 1-0 success Charles 41, Kerr 45, England 75)
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against Tottenham Hotspur. An own goal Reading FC Women 1 (Turner og 12)
from Amy Turner put the Royals in front after Tottenham Hotspur 0
twelve minutes and they saw the game out for -
their second league victory of the season, which Manchester City 3 (Sarri og 11, Blakstad 19,
Coombs 26)
takes them out of the bottom two and they now Brighton & Hove Albion 1 (Lee Geum-min 90)
only trail their mid-table opponents by two -
points. Liverpool 2 (Holland 3, Stengel 20)
West Ham Utd 0
BARCLAYS WSL P W D L F A Pts GD
CHELSEA 9 8 0 1 28 6 24 22
MANCHESTER UTD 8 7 0 1 23 5 21 18 LEADING SCORERS
ARSENAL 8 7 0 1 21 4 21 Rachel DALY Aston Villa 8
17
MANCHESTER CITY 8 6 0 2 20 9 18 Khadija SHAW Manchester City 8
11
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ASTON VILLA 8 4 0 4 12 15 12 Katie STENGEL Liverpool 6
WEST HAM UTD 9 4 0 5 13 18 12 Sam KERR Chelsea 5
-5
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 7 3 0 4 11 12 9 -1
Fran KIRBY Chelsea 5
EVERTON 8 3 0 5 7 10 9 -3
LIVERPOOL 9 2 2 5 11 16 8 Viviane ASSEYI West Ham Utd 4
-5
READING FC WOMEN 9 2 1 6 10 20 7 -10
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 8 2 1 5 11 29 7 -18
LEICESTER CITY 9 0 0 9 2 25 0 -23
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