Arsenal smash Leicester to stay perfect in Women's Super League while Manchester City, Aston Villa and Brighton win

BySam Rooke

Updated 06/11/2022 at 21:19 GMT

Arsenal continued their perfect start to the Women's Super League season with a 4-0 victory over Leicester City at the King Power. The Gunners conceded their first goal of the season last weekend, but there was not even that small glimmer of hope for their opposition today. It took just 13 minutes for Frida Maanum to open the scoring and they were 3-0 up before the break.

Arsenal continued their perfect start to the Women's Super League season with a 4-0 victory over Leicester City at the King Power.

The Gunners conceded their first goal of the season last weekend, but there was not even that small glimmer of hope for their at Leicester.

Despite the continued absence of Vivianne Miedema, given leave to recharge after a busy summer, Arsenal flattened Leicester in a dominant first half.

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Frida Maanum continued her red-hot form with the opening goal after just 13 minutes, her fourth goal in five games.

Beth Mead set up Caitlin Foord for the visitors' second, before Steph Catley put away a corner for a 3-0 lead before half-time.

Stina Blackstenius sealed Arsenal's record-extending 14th consecutive WSL win in the second half.

Leicester remain bottom of the table and without a point as their disastrous start to the season continues.

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New manager Willie Kirk, who took charge in mid-week, certainly has a job ahead of him.

Further down the table, West Ham and Brighton played out a thriller.

Lisa Evans gave the Hammers the lead after just three minutes, but Danielle Carter equalised for Brighton soon afterwards.

Veatriki Sarri put the visitors ahead three minutes later and Carter extended their lead with a penalty in the 20th minute.

Victoria Williams' own goal brought West Ham back into the contest on the hour mark, but it took only seven minutes for Elisabeth Terland to restore Brighton's two-goal lead.

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Jorja Fox seemingly wrapped up victory with Brighton's fifth goal in the 71st minute but Viviane Asseyi scored two goals in as many minutes to set up a show-stopping finish.

But the Seagulls held on for just their second victory of the season. Their five goals against West Ham nearly tripled their total season tally.

While West Ham and Brighton were sharing a thriller, Manchester City made short work of Reading.

City, who made a surprisingly poor start to the season when they lost their opening two, are making up for lost time with their fourth straight victory. Against Reading they piled on 19 shots with 77% possession, but needed two Emma Mukandi own goals in the second half to take the lead.

Khadija Shaw made sure of victory with a goal of her own in the 76th minute.

In the other early match, Aston Villa extended Liverpool's losing streak to five with a Rachel Daly penalty. Villa conceded 14 shots against Liverpool, but Daly scored the only goal of the game to move level with Spurs.

Spurs' own chance at three points was dashed when their match against Everton was postponed less than three hours before kick-off due to a waterlogged pitch at Brisbane Road.

Everton's Izzy Christiansen was frustrated with the outcome, tweeting her disappointment.

In Sunday's late game, Chelsea ended Manchester United's unbeaten start with an impressive 3-1 win at Leigh Sports Village.

Sam Kerr and Lauren James scored two goals in four second half minutes to put the Blues well on their way to victory. Alessia Russo pulled one back for United, but Erin Cuthbert sealed victory with a stoppage-time strike.

The victory takes Chelsea level with Arsenal at the top of the WSL table, having played one game more.

United remain in the hunt, just three points off the pace.

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