Page 4 - Women's Soccer Scene Issue No.6 2022-23

A 4-0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion has taken Manchester
Utd to the top of the Barclays WSL for the first time this season and
maintained their 100% record.
Ella Toone continued her superb form by scoring twice inside the
opening half hour and Leah Galton added a third ahead of the break.
Adriana Leon rounded off a good day for Marc Skinner’s side when she
grabbed the final goal.
United head the table on goal difference from Arsenal, who also
claimed a third win out of three with a 1-0 success away to Reading FC Women. Stina
Blackstenius scored the only goal of the game for the Gunners on the half hour mark, whilst
her team extended their WSL record run of clean sheets to nine matches.
Chelsea complete the top three as they also won for the third match in a row, 3-1 at
Everton. In their first match under the caretaker managership of Denise Reddy, Pernille
Harder gave them a first half lead and after a Kadeisha Buchanan own goal had levelled the
scores, Harder put Chelsea back in front from the penalty spot and Niamh Charles sealed the
points in injury time.
Aston Villa went into their match against West Ham Utd on Saturday with a chance
to go top of the league but quickly found themselves two goals behind as Dagny Brynjarsdottir
and Honoka Hayashi gave the Hammers a flying start. Kenza Dali did pull a goal back against
her former club but West Ham were able to hold on for a result which takes them level on
points with Villa.
Tottenham Hotspur moved up into the
top half on the back of a 1-0 victory over Aston Villa 1 (Dali 77)
Liverpool. An early own goal from Niamh Fahey West Ham Utd 2 (Brynjarsdottir 2, Hayashi 14)
was the difference between the teams on the day - Manchester Utd 4 (Toone 14,26, Galton 40, Leon 78)
and the Reds’ were unable to retrieve what would Brighton & Hove Albion 0
have been a first drawn match in the league this -
season. Everton 1 (Buchanan og 53)
After defeats in both of their opening two Chelsea 3 (Harder 37, pen 69, Charles 90)
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games, Manchester City got off the mark by Manchester City 4 (Shaw 24,79, Hemp 72,
running out 4-0 winners over Leicester City. Hasegawa 88)
Khadija Shaw opened the scoring midway through Leicester City 0
the first half but it wasn’t until the final eighteen -
Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Fahey og 11)
minute that the Cityzens were able to make the Liverpool 0
game safe, Lauren Hemp doubling their lead -
before Shaw netted her second and Yui Hasegawa Reading FC Women 0
rounded off the scoring late on. Arsenal 1 (Blackstenius 30)
BARCLAYS WSL P W D L F A Pts GD
MANCHESTER UTD 3 3 0 0 10 0 9 10
ARSENAL 3 3 0 0 9 0 9 9 LEADING SCORERS
CHELSEA 4 3 0 1 9 4 9 Rachel DALY Aston Villa 3
5
ASTON VILLA 3 2 0 1 7 5 6 2
Fran KIRBY Chelsea 3
WEST HAM UTD 4 2 0 2 4 6 6 Beth MEAD Arsenal 3
-2
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 3 2 0 1 3 5 6 -2
MANCHESTER CITY 3 1 0 2 7 6 3 Khadija SHAW Manchester City 3
1
Stina BLACKSTENIUS Arsenal 2
EVERTON 3 1 0 2 4 4 3 0
LIVERPOOL 3 1 0 2 2 5 3 Dagny BRYNJARSDOTTIR West Ham Utd 2
-3
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 3 1 0 2 2 9 3 -7
READING FC WOMEN 3 0 0 3 1 7 0 -6
LEICESTER CITY 3 0 0 3 1 8 0 -7
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