Manchester City and Chelsea are joint-top of the WSL heading into the international break after their respective victories over Leicester City and Brighton & Hove Albion
Another Women’s Super League weekend has come and gone, and with it, plenty of surprise packages and big results.
Winners Arsenal and Netherlands fans Was there a better sight than seeing Vivianne Miedema’s name back on a team sheet for the first time in 10-plus months? With four minutes of injury time remaining at Ashton Gate on Sunday, the answer transpired to be yes. Thomas is the league’s leading goal scorer with six goals, and Tottenham, last season’s relegation scroungers, sit one point off WSL leaders City and Chelsea. Such a wholesale evolution under Robert Vilahamn was unanticipated, but it’s the ruthless finishing given Bethany England’s absence that’s particularly surprising. After struggling to find space among the stars at Manchester United, Thomas has filled the BEngland void.
WSL fans hoping to see a new champion Four games in is far too early to make sweeping predictions, but already a tasty bit of parity is emerging at the table's top. Both Manchester City and Chelsea boast 10 points and unbeaten starts. But Blues boss Emma Hayes insisted after her side's 4-2 comeback victory over Brighton that Chelsea are not the favourites to claim a fifth WSL title on the trot.
Matt Beard and added time The Liverpool boss has made his feelings clear on the subject of added time, having spent plenty of oxygen last weekend lamenting the ‘crazy’ clampdown on time-wasting that had seen his team play an additional half hour across two matches.