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WSL 2022-23 review: club-by-club analysis and our writers’ highlights
ACL injuries to Beth Mead, Vivianne Miedema, Leah Williamson and Laura Wienroither. Season-ending injuries to Kim Little and Lia Wälti. Long-term injuries to Caitlin Foord and Steph Catley. Arsenal’s season was blighted by the absence of key personnel. Yet, somehow, they have a League Cup trophy and a place in next season’s Champions League. The resilience of the squad, the willingness and desire of players to step up and fight for each other as the challenge has got harder and harder, has been incredible. SW
Bruised Arsenal bid to stop Chelsea making it an awesome WSL foursome
T he rivalry between Emma Hayes and Jonas Eidevall has ebbed and flowed. Their first meeting after the Swede’s arrival in north London saw an unimpressed Hayes looking on as Eidevall wildly celebrated Arsenal’s 3-2 opening day defeat of Chelsea at the Emirates.
Lotte Wubben-Moy: ‘Adversity made us feel like we could do anything’
I n Lotte Wubben-Moy’s words, this season has been “emotionally draining”. In many respects, Wednesday summed up the toll the campaign has taken. Wubben-Moy scored Arsenal’s fourth as they cantered to a 4-0 half-time lead at Everton. Then, the Gunners had another player taken off on a stretcher with an oxygen mask clutched to her face, Lia Wälti’s season ended after Aggie Beever-Jones’s late challenge.
‘No need for hate’ – Lia Wälti defends Everton’s Agnes Beever-Jones over foul
The Arsenal midfielder Lia Wälti has said “football is a contact sport” after a hefty challenge by Everton’s Agnes Beever-Jones led to the Swiss international being carried off on a stretcher during Wednesday’s WSL game.
WSL wrap: Katie McCabe on the mark in Gunners stroll
Republic of Ireland captain Katie McCabe was among the goals as Arsenal consolidated third place in the Women's Super League with a 4-1 win at Everton.
Arsenal’s Lia Wälti ends transfer speculation with contract extension
Arsenal have announced that influential midfielder Lia Wälti has signed a contract extension with the club.
Arsenal stared into the abyss against Wolfsburg and thought: nah
T he pale sun hits the river and smashes into diamonds. Some fans soaking up watery rays on the grass bank in front of the Volkswagen factory. It’s a nothing and everything kind of day in Germany’s 64th biggest city: bit breezy, bit warm, bit cold, bit sunny now, maybe a bit wet later. The noise in the stadium is pleasant, bordering civil. Moral of the story: the elements aren’t going to help you out here. Nor is the crowd. All the fire and sulphur you need to fortify you for this game, you’re going to have to provide yourself.
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