Women’s Super League: talking points from the weekend’s action

Who knows where Vivianne Miedema will play next season but for now she is Arsenal’s, and so important to Jonas Eidevall’s team. The Dutch striker has revealed that several clubs are interested in signing her for next season – she is out of contract in the summer – but there are no signs that her mind is elsewhere. When Arsenal thrashed Leicester City 5-0 on Sunday to briefly go top of the WSL the Netherlands international was in sparkling form. Miedema had two close efforts before half-time, one saved by goalkeeper Demi Lambourne and another smacked against the woodwork. Then came two goals in the space of eight second-half minutes that took Arsenal away from Leicester. Jemma Purfield’s clearance stopped at Miedema’s feet at the edge of the box and she executed a one-touch finish. Her second came after a well-worked assist from Nikita Parris. With the league’s title race going down to the wire, the Gunners will be hoping Miedema’s sparkle isn’t extinguished. SR

As it happened: Leicester 0-5 Arsenal

Chelsea cruised to a 5-0 victory over Reading on Sunday evening, returning to the top of the table in some style, back to being one point ahead of Arsenal. Emma Hayes’s attack has now racked up 27 goals in six games. But the more stellar stat has got to be that their latest clean sheet is their eighth in nine league games. Sure, any title-defending side should have the ability to do something similar but in recent outings Chelsea have been without their first-choice centre-back, holding midfielder and two attackers who play a huge role in their pressing game. So not only have they achieved this feat without their strongest team, but they’ve achieved it with players who have gone from being on the fringe to the first XI in a