Arsenal cruise to 3-0 win at Brighton to reinstate five-point lead over Chelsea in race for Barclays FA Women's Super League title; Sam Kerr's goal in second-half stoppage time earns Chelsea a 1-0 win over Aston Villa; Manchester City beat Tottenham 1-0; West Ham win 1-0 at Birmingham
Monday 14 March 2022 00:09, UK
Arsenal reinstated their five-point lead over Chelsea at the top of the FA Women's Super League table with a 3-0 win against Brighton.
Stina Blackstenius scored either side of a Beth Mead strike to give Arsenal a comfortable victory at the People's Pensions Stadium.
Blackstenius put Arsenal ahead just past the midway point of the first half after Caitlin Foord burst down down the right flank before squaring for the Sweden international to sweep home.
Mead doubled Arsenal's lead after some neat footwork from Vivianne Miedema, who slid the ball through Emily Simpkins' legs for England striker Mead to slot into the back of the net.
Blackstenius added a third before the break with a neatly placed header across Megan Walsh, as Foord contributed her second assist of the match.
Miedema and substitute Nikita Parris had second-half chances to add to the away side's tally, but the match ended 3-0, with Arsenal hosting Tottenham in a north London derby in their next league game.
Meanwhile, a stoppage-time goal from Sam Kerr kept Chelsea's Women's Super League title hopes alive as they beat Aston Villa 1-0.
Chelsea had chances to go ahead but Hannah Hampton made two brilliant saves to deny both Kerr and Guro Reiten, before Remi Allen came close for the visitors when her curling shot flicked off the post.
Kerr snatched the winner in in the late stages after goalkeeper Zecira Musovic launched the ball upfield and the Australian latched onto the end of it, stabbing home to rescue three points.
Caroline Weir's second-half strike was the difference as Manchester City made it back-to-back league wins by beating Tottenham 1-0.
Weir came close to breaking the deadlock just after half-time when her free-kick rattled the post and Spurs goalkeeper Beckie Spencer denied the visitors multiple times in the second half, making decisive punches and saves.
Spencer was called into action again in the 64th minute and parried Raso's cross, but the rebound fell to Weir who bundled the ball into the net.
West Ham moved up to sixth in the table after beating bottom side Birmingham 1-0.
The Hammers broke the deadlock four minutes from half-time when Katerina Svitkova's corner found Adriana Leon at the back post and she poked home to give her side the lead.
Birmingham had a chance to equalise in the final stages but Veatriki Sarri's free-kick flew over the bar.
