Arsenal 3-1 West Ham: Gunners come from behind to set winning record

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Arsenal came from down to bushed West Ham and acceptable a caller Women's Super League grounds of 13 successive wins.

Substitute Jordan Nobbs equalised wrong minutes of coming connected to cancel retired West Ham skipper Dagny Brynjarsdottir's opener.

Brynjarsdottir had earlier headed successful from a country but it was wrongly ruled retired aft Kim Little appeared to slip.

Arsenal's Stina Blackstenius made it 2-1 successful the 2nd fractional earlier Frida Maanum confirmed victory.

It was a deserved triumph successful the extremity for Arsenal and they support gait with leaders Manchester United who recorded a 3-0 triumph against Everton earlier connected Sunday.

However, West Ham enactment successful a beardown show and should person been 2 goals up earlier Nobbs scored Arsenal's archetypal soon earlier half-time.

Brynjarsdottir made bully interaction to caput successful a country and was frustrated by the referee's determination to penalise her erstwhile Arsenal midfielder Little intelligibly slipped with nary infringement successful the box.

The West Ham striker responded minutes aboriginal though erstwhile she pounced connected a bid of mistakes astatine the backmost by Arsenal - poking it implicit the enactment from adjacent scope aft Steph Catley's mediocre back-pass bounced disconnected the station and into Brynjarsdottir's path.

That ended Arsenal's grounds tally of 10 consecutive WSL matches without conceding but Jonas Eidevall's broadside showed their prime to retrieve and assertion 3 points.

Nobbs came connected successful the 40th minute, replacing Little, who was helped disconnected by the aesculapian unit aft twisting her genu and was past enactment connected a stretcher.

It took England midfielder Nobbs conscionable 2 minutes and 2 touches to marque an interaction arsenic she thumped successful a escaped shot successful the container to marque it 1-1.

Blackstenius enactment Arsenal up successful the 2nd half, volleying successful Catley's superb free-kick delivery, earlier Maanum netted her 3rd extremity successful arsenic galore WSL starts erstwhile she headed successful Katie McCabe's curling cross.

Arsenal's 100% grounds this play means they beryllium level connected points with Manchester United and Chelsea - with the Blues having played a crippled other - though they are successful 2nd spot connected extremity difference.

West Ham driblet to seventh spot with 3 wins from their opening six matches nether manager Paul Konchesky, who took implicit this summer.

Line-ups

Arsenal Women

Formation 4-3-3

1Zinsberger
16MaritzSubstituted forWienroitherat 72'minutes
3Wubben-Moy
7Catley
15McCabe
10LittleSubstituted forNobbsat 40'minutes
13Wälti
12Maanum
9Mead
25BlacksteniusSubstituted forMiedemaat 71'minutes
19FoordSubstituted forHurtigat 71'minutes

Substitutes

5Beattie
8Nobbs
11Miedema
17Hurtig
18Marckese
23Iwabuchi
26Wienroither
59Agyemang
62Reid

West Ham Women

Formation 4-3-3

28Hillyerd
3Shimizu
4StringerSubstituted forFilisat 81'minutesBooked astatine 84mins
22Fisk
2Smith
10Brynjarsdóttir
12LonghurstBooked astatine 52mins
19Hayashi
7EvansSubstituted forAtkinsonat 88'minutes
26Asseyi
20KyvagBooked astatine 57minsSubstituted forWalkerat 72'minutes

Substitutes

9Walker
11Atkinson
17Filis
33Houssein
41Flannery

Referee:Abigail Byrne

Attendance:3,988

Live Text

Match ends, Arsenal Women 3, West Ham United Women 1.
Second Half ends, Arsenal Women 3, West Ham United Women 1.
Frida Maanum (Arsenal Women) hits the barroom with a close footed changeable from the centre of the box.
Attempt saved. Lina Hurtig (Arsenal Women) near footed changeable from the centre of the container is saved successful the centre of the goal. Assisted by Frida Maanum.
Attempt missed. Dagny Brynjarsdóttir (West Ham United Women) header from the centre of the container misses to the right. Assisted by Isibeal Atkinson with a transverse pursuing a corner.
Corner, West Ham United Women. Conceded by Manuela Zinsberger.
Attempt saved. Dagny Brynjarsdóttir (West Ham United Women) near footed changeable from the centre of the container is saved successful the bottommost close corner.
Attempt blocked. Melisa Filis (West Ham United Women) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Melisa Filis (West Ham United Women) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is blocked.
Foul by Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal Women).
Isibeal Atkinson (West Ham United Women) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Substitution, West Ham United Women. Isibeal Atkinson replaces Lisa Evans.
Foul by Frida Maanum (Arsenal Women).
Kate Longhurst (West Ham United Women) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Hand shot by Laura Wienroither (Arsenal Women).
Melisa Filis (West Ham United Women) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal Women) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Melisa Filis (West Ham United Women).
Attempt saved. Jordan Nobbs (Arsenal Women) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is saved successful the apical centre of the goal. Assisted by Vivianne Miedema.
Substitution, West Ham United Women. Melisa Filis replaces Abbey-Leigh Stringer.