Women’s Super League: talking points from the weekend’s action

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The top three continue to dominate, Liverpool’s struggles go on and Everton and Manchester United provide the entertainment

Whisper it, but it seems we really do have a three-way title race. Everything went to form over the weekend, with the top three beating the bottom three, and all of them look like lasting the course as we near the halfway point of the season. Arsenal’s stunning form last term, and early this, meant I’d expected them to run away with it but the other contenders look convincing. Manchester City cut loose late on to score five at Bristol City while Chelsea got the job done more quickly in hitting Birmingham for six. Neither of those results were ever in much doubt and it was only the champions who had a slightly tough time. Were Arsenal a little complacent against Liverpool, who remain at the foot of the table? It is the only reason I can think of that they only won 1-0, and they may yet pay for not being more clinical. If there are three teams challenging then the title will come down to small margins and the hit Arsenal took in goal difference terms on Sunday – there’s is now six worse than Chelsea’s and five shy of City’s – may yet become something that makes them kick themselves.

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from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/nov/25/womens-super-league-talking-points-from-the-weekends-action

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