Just three matchdays remain in this season’s Women’s Super League and things are starting to take shape at both ends of the table.
Five games took place over the weekend due to Chelsea’s involvement in the Women’s Champions League, with their rescheduled game against Liverpool set to take place midweek, and it was business as usual for title chasing Manchester City.
Gareth Taylor’s side are now six points clear at the top after relegating Bristol City with a comprehensive 4-0 win at Ashton Gate, while there was history made during Everton and Arsenal’s 1-1 draw.
Here are 90min’s takeaways from the weekend’s action.
Heading into this weekend’s fixtures, Arsenal’s hopes of pipping Manchester City or Chelsea to a league title were slim. Now, they’re virtually non-existent.
Jonas Eidevall’s side controlled the game for most of the 90 minutes at Walton Hall Park and Alessia Russo finally broke the deadlock with 10 minutes of normal time left to play. They appeared to be heading for a narrow, but crucial, victory against a resilient Everton team.
Brian Sorensen called upon 16-year-old academy graduate Issy Hobson shortly after Russo’s opener, but few would have predicted what happened next. Five minutes into stoppage time, the youngster rose above everyone in the box to head the ball beyond Manuela Zinsberger and clinch a last-gasp point against the Gunners.
Hobson made history and became the youngest ever goalscorer in the WSL at 16 years and 180 days old.
Lauren Smith’s Bristol City needed to beat Manchester City if they were to live to fight another day against relegation. It wasn’t to be, however, as the visitors showed their class in the second half of a 4-0 win on the road.
The result condemns Bristol City to the Championship next season after a difficult campaign back in the top flight that has yielded just one win in 20 games.
Smith revealed post-match that she hopes to be the one leading the rebuild next term and the club have already shown their commitment to the team by announcing they will continue to play their home games at Ashton Gate – season tickets will go on sale this week.
The club have built a strong core of support in recent years and an average home attendance of over…
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