Arsenal crowned WSL champions with game to spare after thrashing Brighton

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• Brighton 0-4 Arsenal (Miedema 6, McCabe 31, Mead 70, Van de Donk 77)
• Arsenal win title

In the 70th minute Beth Mead picked up the ball in midfield, advanced towards the Brighton area as Fern Whelan backtracked and from 30 yards unleashed a brilliant shot that arrowed into the far corner of the net. Arsenal had established a three-goal lead and there could be no doubt now: after a seven-year gap, they would be champions once more. It was an irresistible goal, suitably celebrated, and a fitting way for the Gunners to seal a title for which they have appeared destined since they launched their campaign with an avalanche of goals and points, and nine successive wins.

So the visit of last season’s champions and this season’s closest challengers, Manchester City, for the final league fixture in a fortnight, a game which could have engendered so much trepidation had they failed to secure a result here, can instead be an occasion of pure celebration. While a team that has lost only one league game all season has had to come to terms with the possibility of finishing second in the Premier League, a team that has not lost at all is doomed to failure in the WSL.

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from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/apr/28/brighton-arsenal-womens-super-league-match-report

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