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Miedema doubles up as Arsenal rout Tottenham in front of record WSL crowd

Pioneers, record-breakers and title hunters. Arsenal, England’s most successful women’s team, hosted a new Women’s Super League record crowd of 47,367 at the Emirates Stadium as they powered to a 4-0 win over their north London rivals, Tottenham, to extend their early lead at the top of the table.

There was a real buzz around north London. Tube trains were littered with red and white hours before kick-off as the crowd swarmed towards the ground. For those who had tasted England’s triumph at Wembley in July, there was hope and hushed whispers. Were they about to witness some more history?

Just 10 minutes before kick-off there were nervous faces, with the stands still patchy, but the flow of fans trickling down the aisles didn’t stop.

The gap between these two sides has been shrinking year-on-year. Last season Tottenham took a first point off the Gunners and could feel aggrieved at not having collected all three, after Vivianne Miedema’s 90th-minute strike cancelled out a second-half goal from Rachel Williams (who swapped Spurs for Manchester United in the summer). That game, which punctured Arsenal’s winning start to the season, took place at the Hive, where Spurs played their home games before moving to Leyton Orient’s Brisbane Road. At the Emirates later that season, though, Arsenal comfortably delivered a 3-0 win as they battled to remain in the title race.

The expectation that Tottenham are ready to push on and challenge for a place in the Champions League is a testament to their coherence since their manager, Rehanne Skinner, joined in November 2020.

This campaign has not begun as brightly for Skinner with a disjointed, and at times overly defensive, performance against Leicester City papered over by two cracking

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