HIGHLIGHTS | Arsenal vs Aston Villa (7-0) | Miedema (2), Mead, Wubben-Moy, Blackstenius, Parris
We delivered one of our finest performances of the season so far on Sunday as we defeated Aston Villa 7-0 at Meadow Park.
It was another vital victory in the race for the Barclays FA Women’s Super League title, which now leaves us just one point behind league leaders Chelsea with only two games remaining.
Coming into this fixture full of confidence, we started strong and took just 11 minutes to open the scoring with Vivianne Miedema combining with Beth Mead, before finding the back of the net from the edge of the area.
Her second of the afternoon came from an almost identical position too, with our No 11 surging forward from deep and firing another powerful effort beyond the reach of Sian Rogers.
We continued to dominate for the remainder of the first half and Miedema had a late chance to seal her hat-trick, only to be denied by a fine save.
It didn’t take long for us to extend our lead after the restart, though, with Miedema displaying some outstanding footwork to beat her marker and rattle the woo