West Ham United 0-0 Arsenal: Gunners falter in WSL title race

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Wasteful Arsenal suffered a stroke successful the Women's Super League rubric contention arsenic they were held to a gully astatine West Ham.

They besides recovered West Ham keeper Mackenzie Arnold successful good signifier - the Australian making respective bully saves.

This gully leaves Arsenal 5 points disconnected WSL leaders Chelsea.

Arsenal person dropped points successful back-to-back league games, after being held astatine location by Chelsea pursuing a last-minute Sam Kerr equaliser.

Jonas Eidevall's broadside person a crippled successful hand, but are intelligibly missing prima forwards Beth Mead and Vivianne Miedema who are some retired for the play with anterior cruciate genu ligament injuries.

West Ham meantime enactment seventh, having drawn for the archetypal clip successful 18 WSL fixtures.

Frustration for misfiring Gunners

In what has been shaping up arsenic a fascinating WSL rubric race, this Sunday could not person gone amended for Emma Hayes' Chelsea.

Having seen Manchester United driblet points astatine location to Everton, they won astatine Tottenham earlier watching Arsenal huff and puff but neglect to stroke West Ham down.

This was the archetypal clip Arsenal failed to people successful a WSL crippled since a goalless gully with Hayes' Blues successful February past year, successful a rubric contention wherever they were yet edged retired connected the last day.

Arsenal drew headlines with their stunning attempts to motion Russo for a satellite grounds £500,000 interest connected transportation deadline day.

Their reasons for doing truthful became much evident arsenic this crippled wore on, with Caitlin Foord summing up their struggles by severely misjudging a spot erstwhile cleanable done precocious on, sending it precocious into the stands.

It is excessively aboriginal to marque specified projections this season, but successful a league arsenic tightly competitory arsenic the WSL, dropping 2 points present could outgo Eidevall's broadside successful the agelong run.

More follows.

Line-ups

West Ham Women

Formation 4-3-3

1Arnold
3Shimizu
22Fisk
23Cissoko
2Smith
4StringerBooked astatine 42minsSubstituted forParkerat 86'minutes
10Brynjarsdóttir
19Hayashi
8SnerleSubstituted forLonghurstat 87'minutes
26AsseyiSubstituted forEvansat 78'minutes
17FilisSubstituted forThestrupat 63'minutes

Substitutes

7Evans
11Atkinson
12Longhurst
14Thestrup
15Parker
18Denton
21Cooke
28Hillyerd
41Flannery

Arsenal Women

Formation 4-3-3

1Zinsberger
16MaritzSubstituted forWienroitherat 68'minutes
3Wubben-Moy
2Carvalho Souza
7CatleySubstituted forMcCabeat 68'minutes
12Maanum
10Little
6Williamson
19Foord
25BlacksteniusSubstituted forQueiroz Costaat 78'minutes
17HurtigSubstituted forPelovaat 68'minutes

Substitutes

5Beattie
14D'Angelo
15McCabe
18Marckese
20Queiroz Costa
21Pelova
22Møller Kühl
26Wienroither
59Agyemang

Referee:Richie Watkins

Attendance:2,632

Live Text

Match ends, West Ham United Women 0, Arsenal Women 0.
Second Half ends, West Ham United Women 0, Arsenal Women 0.
Offside, Arsenal Women. Katie McCabe tries a done ball, but Caitlin Foord is caught offside.
Corner, Arsenal Women. Conceded by Lucy Parker.
Corner, Arsenal Women. Conceded by Mackenzie Arnold.
Attempt saved. Leah Williamson (Arsenal Women) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is saved successful the bottommost close corner. Assisted by Kim Little.
Substitution, West Ham United Women. Kate Longhurst replaces Emma Snerle.
Substitution, West Ham United Women. Lucy Parker replaces Abbey-Leigh Stringer.
Attempt missed. Caitlin Foord (Arsenal Women) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is excessively high. Assisted by Frida Maanum with a done shot pursuing a accelerated break.
Offside, Arsenal Women. Frida Maanum tries a done ball, but Caitlin Foord is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Katie McCabe (Arsenal Women) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Arsenal Women. Gio Queiroz replaces Stina Blackstenius.
Substitution, West Ham United Women. Lisa Evans replaces Viviane Asseyi.
Attempt missed. Frida Maanum (Arsenal Women) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is excessively high. Assisted by Caitlin Foord with a headed pass.
Attempt saved. Rafaelle (Arsenal Women) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is saved successful the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Frida Maanum with a cross.
Corner, Arsenal Women. Conceded by Hawa Cissoko.
Offside, Arsenal Women. Kim Little tries a done ball, but Stina Blackstenius is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Frida Maanum (Arsenal Women) near footed changeable from the centre of the container is blocked. Assisted by Stina Blackstenius.
Lotte Wubben-Moy (Arsenal Women) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Amalie Thestrup (West Ham United Women).