The Barclays Women’s Super League returned as Arsenal defeated a new-look Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 at a sold-out Meadow Park on Friday night.
Brighton were swiftly down to 10 players, four of them debutants, as Emma Kullberg was sent off in the sixth minute, but Arsenal found the back of the net only once in a dominant first half, through captain Kim Little.
Stina Blackstenius would add a second soon after the restart before Euros Player of the Tournament Beth Mead got in on the act, scoring Arsenal’s final two to take her opening day tally to seven.
