Vivianne Miedema Jonas Eidevall Leah Williamson Caitlin Foord Gareth Taylor Katie Maccabe Lauren James Ireland Jamaica soccer Womens Super League Sport Vivianne Miedema Jonas Eidevall Leah Williamson Caitlin Foord Gareth Taylor Katie Maccabe Lauren James Ireland Jamaica

WSL round-up: Arsenal and City keep pace with Chelsea

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Arsenal and Manchester City enjoyed important away victories at Liverpool and Tottenham respectively to keep pace with Women's Super League leaders and defending champions Chelsea.Vivianne Miedema, who sat out 312 days with an anterior cruciate ligament injury before making an October comeback, netted her first goal since December 2022 at the hour mark of Arsenal’s 2-0 victory at Prenton Park.Leah Williamson returned from her own ACL recovery as a substitute in Arsenal’s midweek Conti Cup victory over Reading and was named in the Gunners squad by boss Jonas Eidevall – celebrating both his 41st birthday and 100 games in charge – but did not play.Ireland captain Katie McCabe played the majority of the game at left-back before being replaced in the 72nd minute by Stephanie Catley.January signing and player of the match Emily Fox was instrumental in the build-up to both goals, Arsenal’s second coming via a left-footed effort from Caitlin Foord as the Gunners became the first side in WSL history to reach 500 points.The result drew Arsenal level with City on 28 points, three behind the Blues.City’s advantage on goal difference is largely due to the prolific efforts of Khadija Shaw, who netted her joint WSL-leading 12th of the campaign in her side’s 2-0 victory at Tottenham.City had won this fixture by a seven-goal margin in November and while Spurs proved sterner opposition this time, Jamaica star Shaw, level with the Blues’ Lauren James as the WSL’s top goal-scorer with Sunday’s strike, still made her mark.An own goal from Tottenham defender Amy Turner put Gareth Taylor’s side in the ascendancy after nine minutes and Shaw wrapped up the points.Spurs stay sixth after Robert Vilahamn saw his team’s four-match winning run end

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