Arsenal obtained again to successful methods within the Girls’s Tremendous League, brushing apart high-flying Brighton with an emphatic 5-0 victory on the Emirates Stadium.
Three objectives in 12 first-half minutes had put the Gunners out of sight to make sure Renee Slegers continued her unbeaten begin as interim boss.
Beth Mead returned to the beginning line-up and took simply 13 minutes to get her title on the scoresheet, reducing inside from the correct to bend a beautiful shot into the far-bottom nook.
Brighton had been picked aside down their left once more shortly after, with Kim Little fizzing a harmful low cross into the six-yard field, and Caitlin Foord was available to show it in from shut vary.
Three minutes later, Frida Maanum obtained a surprising third, whipping a pleasant end into the top-right nook from the sting of the field, and Foord ought to have gotten their fourth on the stroke of half-time however fired in opposition to the submit whereas off-balance.
Substitute Lina Hurting then rose excessive within the 76th minute to flick on a nook which neither Sophie Baggaley nor Guro Bergsvand might preserve out regardless of their finest efforts.
Stina Blackstenius was dragged down within the penalty space in stoppage time, and Alessia Russo confidently stepped as much as bury the ensuing spot-kick to ship Arsenal fourth within the desk.
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Information Debrief: Off the mark at residence
Slegers appears to have settled into life as Arsenal’s interim boss seamlessly, and Arsenal averted a slip-up in opposition to a difficult opponent to register their first residence win of the season.
They’ve now gained all 13 of their WSL conferences with Brighton by an mixture rating of 48-2, whereas it’s the fifth clear sheet Arsenal have stored in opposition to them at residence.
Mead additionally improved on her already spectacular document in opposition to Brighton – in opposition to no facet does she have extra mixed objectives and assists than the Seagulls (13 – eight objectives, 5 assists).
