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

Women's Super League leaders Arsenal ended their recent poor form by coming from behind to beat Brighton and go four points clear at the top.

The Gunners dominated but fell behind to an Emma Koivisto header that ended a 465-minute WSL goal drought for Albion.

But the home side came out firing after the break and struck back through Vivianne Miedema's close-range finish from a superb Beth Mead free-kick.

Mead then won the game, curling in a brilliant free-kick after being fouled.

The 26-year-old's assist for the first goal means she has now drawn level with Karen Carney for the most in WSL history with 35.

Champions Chelsea in second have a game in hand, but the Gunners now hold a crucial lead after a mini dip in form that had seen them lose to Birmingham and draw with Manchester City.

Brighton's defeat means they have taken just one point from a possible 18 since a run of three straight wins in October and November, leaving them eighth in the table.

That sole point taken by Albion of late could yet prove a key one in this WSL title race, coming from a goalless draw with Arsenal's title rivals Chelsea on Sunday.

At the break at Meadow Park on Thursday, it looked as though they were going to go one better against the Gunners to throw the initiative back to Emma Hayes' side.

However, after having dominated possession but fashioning only a Miedema header from a corner that Maya le Tissier cleared off the line in the first half, Arsenal were a different animal after the break.

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

She laid the equaliser on a plate for Miedema with a pinpoint free-kick to the back post that the Dutch striker had only to poke in for her eighth WSL goal of