In this new day of FA WSL, Tottenham wins a historic victory against Arsenal. Liverpool, for their part, also achieved a big blow by overthrowing United at home. Manchester City performed well against Everton and moved back to the top of the standings. Aston Villa rebounded against a direct competitor for maintenance, winning against Brighton.
Arsenal beaten by Spurs
Tottenham caused a surprise by beating Arsenal 1-0 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this weekend in London. Spurs made Arsenal pay for a series of missed chances just before the hour mark, with Martha Thomas opening the score (58th) – already decisive in the 4-2 victory against Aston Villa with a hat-trick scored – on an assist from Celin Bizet.
Tottenham ended a series of five matches without a victory in the league, and performed well thanks to their goalkeeper Barbora Votikova – who played for PSG – who made her debut during this meeting. The Czech goalkeeper was instrumental in keeping her team in this match, making important saves after the restart as Arsenal pushed to score.
The visitors showed difficulty finding opportunities, and failed to break through the Spurs defense, before ultimately being punished for their lack of offensive efficiency. Votikova who had an excellent match, and the Spurs heroine in this match, stopping multiple attempts from Russo and Kyra Cooney-Cross. Arsenal continued to apply pressure, but never looked convincing in the final move. Tottenham takes its revenge in the most beautiful way after its elimination in the FA WSL Cup by Arsenal, which occurred this Wednesday, December 13 on penalties (3-3, tab 4-3).
United surpris par Liverpool
Liverpool also won a great victory against Manchester United, despite a goal conceded at the start of the match from Ella Toone (3rd). The visitors managed to come back to the score before the break, with an own goal from Millie Turner (32nd).
Captain Taylor Hinds (68th) allows Liverpool to take the lead in the second half. The Reds block multiple attacks from Manchester United, who appear clumsy in the last gesture.
The match was marked by several chances on both sides, but it was ultimately Liverpool who secured their victory, thus carrying out a great operation in the ranking, which in fact allowed the visitors to catch up with their opponent of the day in the ranking, with 18 points each.
Manchester City domine Everton
With the points lost by Chelsea and Arsenal on the day, City climbed to second place in the standings thanks to a big victory against Everton.
The visitors took the advantage from the start of the match, with Shaw’s first goal (9th), before scoring a second goal (22nd) following an assist from Yui Hasegawa, allowing City to quickly increase the lead. gap on the scoreboard. Three minutes later, Jill Roord (25th) scored the third goal for the visitors, asserting great domination in this first half hour of play.
Everton, however, manages to reduce the score with the goal signed Aurora Galli (56th) in the second half, but Manchester City reacts quickly with the third goal from striker Khadija Shaw (65th) on an assist from Greenwood.
Manchester City achieved an important performance with this victory, especially since their direct competitors were defeated during this day. City (22 points) is thus getting closer to the top of the standings, three points behind Chelsea (25 points), solid leader. Note the effectiveness of Khadija Shaw against the opposing goal during this meeting, which deserves to be highlighted!
Big victory for the Chelsea Blues
Chelsea also have a big victory against the modest Bristol City team. The visitors opened the scoring with a goal from Lauren James (17th) in the first period after a pass from Ingle and scored a second goal after half an hour, this time from Erin Cuthbert (34th), allowing the visitors to to take two steps ahead at the break.
Chelsea continue their clear domination in this one-sided match. Sam Kerr (59th) scores the third goal after an assist from Reiten. Bristol City, in great difficulty in this meeting, tried to inject new blood with several changes made by Lauren Smith, but will not manage to create scoring opportunities, in addition to having very poor ball possession.
Negative point for the visitors in this meeting, Chelsea will end the match numerically inferior with the second yellow card received by Niamh Charles (90+6) excluded at the very end of the match, but this will have no impact on the final result and the clear victory of the Blues. Emma Hayes’ players – who will challenge Hacken for their Champions League return match – are therefore Autumn champions.
West Ham snatches a draw
The match between Leicester and West Ham ended in a draw in the final moments of added time. Leicester, however, did the hardest part by opening the scoring in the second half, through Lena Petermann (68th) on an assist from Whelan.
The visitors continued to be dominated for a large part of the match, but finally managed to equalize at the end of the match, with a goal from Honoka Hayashi (90+8th) in added time. Note that the visitors will end – just like Chelsea – this match numerically inferior, following the second yellow card received by Hawa Cissoko (90+5th) synonymous with expulsion.
Victory to revive Aston Villa
Aston Villa, in great difficulty this season, won an important victory against Brighton, at the bottom of the FA WSL rankings.
Brighton, struggling throughout the match, conceded the only goal of this match in the second half scored by Adriana Leon (63rd) on an assist from Patten.
Carla Ward’s players dominated this end of the match, but finished outnumbered following the second yellow card received by Mayumi Pacheco (89th). This is the third expulsion of a player in this last match of the year, a maddening statistic!
Despite this negative point, Aston Villa remained in control of their match and still managed to maintain their advantage during added time, to win their three points. A victory which allows Kenza Dali – starter for this meeting – and her teammates to move ahead of their opponent of the day in the standings, and to move a little further away from the red zone, after a difficult start to the season, to make it through the break winter in a better state of mind.
FA WSL: The results of the 10th day:
Tottenham – Arsenal : 1 – 0
Manchester United – Liverpool : 1 – 2
Everton – Manchester City : 1 – 4
Bristol City – Chelsea : 0 – 3
Leicester City – West Ham : 1 – 1
Aston Villa – Brighton : 1 – 0
Photo credit: Tottenham
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2023-12-18 05:15:39
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