Women's Super League: Five-star Arsenal thrash Spurs

Tottenham Hotspur 1-5 Arsenal

A brace by Caitlin Foord helped Arsenal warm up for Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final with a 5-1 thrashing of rivals Tottenham in the Women's Super League.

Jonas Eidevall's side entered the derby after a frustrating 1-0 loss in the first leg at Bayern Munich on Tuesday but were back to their clinical best in a scintillating display at Brisbane Road.

Stina Blackstenius got the rout started early before Foord, captain Kim Little and Frida Maanum all got in on the act to hand Vicky Jepson's struggling Spurs a heavy loss despite Bethany England's first-half penalty.

Victory for title hopefuls Arsenal moved them within two points of leaders Chelsea, who visit Manchester City on Sunday, with a treble still a possibility for the Continental Cup-winning Gunners ahead of Wednesday's Champions League last-eight second leg tie at the Emirates.

This was a Tottenham home match and a memorable occasion for Kerys Harrop, who was included in the starting line-up and levelled Gilly Flaherty's record of 177 WSL appearances, but the visiting faithful travelled in numbers from across north London.

Arsenal's large away support made it feel like a home fixture and it took only five minutes for them to begin the process of again taking bragging rights in this fixture.

England captain Leah Williamson sent the ball forward for Blackstenius to run in behind Molly Bartrip and the visiting forward caught Tinja-Riikka Korpela off guard with an early powerful effort that found the roof of the net.

It was the perfect tonic for Eidevall's side after a wasteful night in Munich on Tuesday, but Spurs went close to a leveller when Drew Spence fired wide in the 11th minute.

A stoppage for Korpela to receive treatment provided