After finishing outside the European places twice in the past three, trophyless seasons, are Manchester City back? With this pivotal victory and, significantly, this performance, it appears they might well be. They moved up to second in the Women’s Super League thanks to a late strike from Iman Beney that clinched a hard-fought win against Arsenal.
It was a game that started poorly, but turned into a five-goal thriller and the result was priceless for the hosts. Arsenal, who dropped points at home to Aston Villa last time out and are now winless in three WSL games, slip five points behind the leaders, Chelsea, after five games, while Manchester City are a point behind the defending champions thanks to Beney’s finish into the bottom corner.
