Arsenal 2-0 Liverpool: Hosts claim comfortable victory after League Cup win

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Stina Blackstenius scoring Arsenal's 2nd goal

Arsenal returned to WSL enactment 3 days aft winning the League Cup with a comfy triumph implicit Liverpool.

Stina Blackstenius opened the scoring aft controlling the shot connected her thorax and swivelling to finish.

The guardant past turned supplier six minutes aboriginal erstwhile her changeable was parried by Liverpool keeper Rachel Laws for Caitlin Foord to caput successful the second.

Arsenal thought they had taken the pb earlier Blackstenius' opener but Leah Williamson was ruled offside.

Reaction from Arsenal v Liverpool and Chelsea v Brighton

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Line-ups

Arsenal Women

Formation 4-3-3

1Zinsberger
26WienroitherSubstituted forMaritzat 70'minutes
6WilliamsonSubstituted forWubben-Moyat 61'minutes
2Carvalho Souza
15McCabe
12Maanum
10Little
13WältiSubstituted forKühlat 61'minutes
21Pelova
25BlacksteniusSubstituted forBeattieat 83'minutes
19FoordSubstituted forQueiroz Costaat 70'minutesBooked astatine 81mins

Substitutes

3Wubben-Moy
5Beattie
16Maritz
18Marckese
20Queiroz Costa
22Kühl

Liverpool Women

Formation 4-4-2

1Laws
2Koivisto
34SilcockSubstituted forBonnerat 45'minutes
3Robe
12Hinds
7Kearns
8Nagano
18HollandBooked astatine 33minsSubstituted forLundgaardat 72'minutesBooked astatine 90mins
35TaylorSubstituted forDanielsat 45'minutes
17HumphreySubstituted forCampbellat 45'minutes
24Stengel

Substitutes

15Lundgaard
20Daniels
22Kirby
23Bonner
28Campbell

Live Text

Match ends, Arsenal Women 2, Liverpool Women 0.
Second Half ends, Arsenal Women 2, Liverpool Women 0.
Katie McCabe (Arsenal Women) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Leighanne Robe (Liverpool Women).
Attempt missed. Rafaelle (Arsenal Women) header from extracurricular the container misses to the right. Assisted by Frida Maanum with a cross.
Corner, Arsenal Women. Conceded by Megan Campbell.
Attempt missed. Gemma Bonner (Liverpool Women) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is excessively high.
Attempt blocked. Emma Koivisto (Liverpool Women) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked.
Katie Stengel (Liverpool Women) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Jen Beattie (Arsenal Women).
Sofie Lundgaard (Liverpool Women) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Katie McCabe (Arsenal Women) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Sofie Lundgaard (Liverpool Women).
Corner, Arsenal Women. Conceded by Megan Campbell.
Kim Little (Arsenal Women) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Yana Daniels (Liverpool Women).
Foul by Kathrine Kühl (Arsenal Women).
Megan Campbell (Liverpool Women) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Frida Maanum (Arsenal Women) close footed changeable from the near broadside of the container is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Victoria Pelova.
Substitution, Arsenal Women. Jen Beattie replaces Stina Blackstenius.