Arsenal scored twice in stoppage time as England ahead Beth Mead, enjoying her first sport for 11 months after a critical knee damage, helped the Gunners seize a dramatic win over Aston Villa.
Mead got here on within the 88th minute and arrange the successful objective, scored by her Lionesses team-mate Alessia Russo to spark scenes of celebration for almost all of a crowd of greater than 35,000 at Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners had been heading for his or her second successive dwelling loss earlier than Katie McCabe fired into the roof of the web within the 92nd minute to arrange the unimaginable end.
Villa had taken a first-half lead towards the run of play when Maz Pacheco was left unmarked and powered in a header from Lucy Staniforth’s very good nook within the twenty fifth minute.
However, in a frantic finale that additionally noticed Arsenal’s Stina Blackstenius hit the put up and have a shot cleared off the road, Villa couldn’t maintain on for what would have been their first win of the season.
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Participant of the match
LittleKim Little
Arsenal Ladies
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Squad quantity10Participant identifyLittle
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Squad quantity9Participant identifyMead
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Squad quantity15Participant identifyMcCabe
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Squad quantity23Participant identifyRusso
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Squad quantity19Participant identifyFoord
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Squad quantity21Participant identifyPelova
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Squad quantity13Participant identifyWälti
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Squad quantity3Participant identifyWubben-Moy
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Squad quantity7Participant identifyCatley
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Squad quantity25Participant identifyBlackstenius
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Squad quantity24Participant identifyLacasse
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Squad quantity12Participant identifyMaanum
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Squad quantity28Participant identifyIlestedt
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Squad quantity16Participant identifyMaritz
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Squad quantity1Participant identifyZinsberger
Aston Villa Ladies
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Squad quantity9Participant identifyDaly
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Squad quantity7Participant identifyLehmann
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Squad quantity8Participant identifyNobbs
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Squad quantity33Participant identifyPacheco
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Squad quantity22Participant identifyMagill
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Squad quantity6Participant identifyCorsie
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Squad quantity5Participant identifyStaniforth
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Squad quantity1Participant identifyvan Domselaar
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Squad quantity15Participant identifyParker
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Squad quantity14Participant identifyTurner
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Squad quantity4Participant identifyPatten
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Squad quantity19Participant identifyBlindkilde Brown
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Squad quantity2Participant identifyMayling
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Squad quantity16Participant identifyMcLoughlin
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Squad quantity17Participant identifySalmon
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Squad quantity23Participant identifyLeon
Line-ups
Arsenal Ladies
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Zinsberger
- 16MaritzSubstituted forMeadat 88′minutes
- 28IlestedtSubstituted forPelovaat 64′minutes
- 3Wubben-Moy
- 7Catley
- 10Little
- 13WältiSubstituted forBlacksteniusat 76′minutes
- 15McCabe
- 12MaanumSubstituted forLacasseat 63′minutes
- 19Foord
- 23Russo
Substitutes
- 5Beattie
- 9Mead
- 14D’Angelo
- 21Pelova
- 22Kühl
- 24Lacasse
- 25Blackstenius
- 27Codina
- 32Cooney-Cross
Aston Villa Ladies
Formation 5-4-1
- 1van Domselaar
- 2MaylingSubstituted forLeonat 90+8′minutes
- 4Patten
- 6Corsie
- 14TurnerSubstituted forLehmannat 90+8′minutes
- 33PachecoBooked at 43minsSubstituted forMcLoughlinat 87′minutes
- 19Blindkilde BrownSubstituted forSalmonat 88′minutes
- 15ParkerBooked at 86mins
- 5Staniforth
- 22MagillSubstituted forNobbsat 73′minutes
- 9Daly
Substitutes
- 7Lehmann
- 8Nobbs
- 16McLoughlin
- 17Salmon
- 21Leat
- 23Leon
Dwell Textual content
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Match ends, Arsenal Ladies 2, Aston Villa Ladies 1.
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Second Half ends, Arsenal Ladies 2, Aston Villa Ladies 1.
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Offside, Arsenal Ladies. Katie McCabe tries a by way of ball, however Stina Blackstenius is caught offside.
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Try blocked. Stina Blackstenius (Arsenal Ladies) proper footed shot from the centre of the field is blocked. Assisted by Caitlin Foord.
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Foul by Cloé Lacasse (Arsenal Ladies).
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Alisha Lehmann (Aston Villa Ladies) wins a free kick within the defensive half.
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Foul by Kim Little (Arsenal Ladies).
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Ebony Salmon (Aston Villa Ladies) wins a free kick within the attacking half.
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Substitution, Aston Villa Ladies. Adriana Leon replaces Sarah Mayling.
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Substitution, Aston Villa Ladies. Alisha Lehmann replaces Danielle Turner.
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Try missed. Lucy Staniforth (Aston Villa Ladies) proper footed shot from outdoors the field is excessive and large to the left from a direct free kick.
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Hand ball by Victoria Pelova (Arsenal Ladies).
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Nook, Aston Villa Ladies. Conceded by Cloé Lacasse.
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Purpose! Arsenal Ladies 2, Aston Villa Ladies 1. Alessia Russo (Arsenal Ladies) left footed shot from outdoors the field to the underside proper nook. Assisted by Beth Mead.
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Stina Blackstenius (Arsenal Ladies) hits the left put up with a proper footed shot from the suitable facet of the field. Assisted by Beth Mead.
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Purpose! Arsenal Ladies 1, Aston Villa Ladies 1. Katie McCabe (Arsenal Ladies) left footed shot from a troublesome angle on the left to the excessive centre of the objective. Assisted by Victoria Pelova.
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Try missed. Caitlin Foord (Arsenal Ladies) proper footed shot from the centre of the field is shut, however misses to the suitable.
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Nook, Arsenal Ladies. Conceded by Lucy Staniforth.
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Nook, Arsenal Ladies. Conceded by Ebony Salmon.
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Try blocked. Cloé Lacasse (Arsenal Ladies) left footed shot from outdoors the field is blocked. Assisted by Lotte Wubben-Moy.