Arsenal 2-1 Brighton: WSL leaders come from behind to go four points clear

Ladies’s Tremendous League leaders Arsenal ended their latest poor type by coming from behind to beat Brighton and go 4 factors clear on the prime.

However the residence facet got here out firing after the break and struck again via Vivianne Miedema’s close-range end from an outstanding Beth Mead free-kick.

Mead then received the sport, curling in a superb free-kick after being fouled.

Champions Chelsea in second have a sport in hand, however the Gunners now maintain a vital lead after a mini dip in type that had seen them lose to Birmingham and draw with Manchester Metropolis.

Brighton’s defeat means they’ve taken only one level from a attainable 18 since a run of three straight wins in October and November, leaving them eighth within the desk.

Arsenal rediscover their chew

That sole level taken by Albion of late may but show a key one on this WSL title race, coming from a goalless draw with Arsenal’s title rivals Chelsea on Sunday.

On the break at Meadow Park on Thursday, it seemed as if they have been going to go one higher towards the Gunners to throw the initiative again to Emma Hayes’ facet.

Nonetheless, after having dominated possession however fashioning solely a Miedema header from a nook that Maya le Tissier cleared off the road within the first half, Arsenal have been a distinct animal after the break.

Mead was central to a renewed attacking vigour, choosing up the ball and driving on the Brighton defence.

She laid the equaliser on a plate for Miedema with a pinpoint free-kick to the again put up that the Dutch striker had solely to poke in for her eighth WSL purpose of the season and fifteenth in whole.

Mead then took on duty herself, drawing a foul on the sting of the field from Victoria Williams with a purposeful run earlier than curling residence the ensuing set-piece with aplomb.

As soon as behind, Brighton had little extra to supply, with their second-half gameplan reliant on containing an Arsenal facet that merely had an excessive amount of class for them.