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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Suzanne Wrack

Manchester City the fresher in WSL but Arsenal have boost from Europe

(From left): Arsenal's Stina Blackstenius, Laia Aleixandri of Manchester City, Arsenal goalkeeper Manuela Zinsberger and Yui Hasegawa of Manchester City.
(From left): Arsenal's Stina Blackstenius, Laia Aleixandri of Manchester City, Arsenal goalkeeper Manuela Zinsberger and Yui Hasegawa of Manchester City. Composite: PA Images; Manchester City FC/Getty Images; UEFA/Getty Images

Arsenal welcome Manchester City to Meadow Park with the WSL title race on a knife-edge. City’s comprehensive 2-0 defeat of Chelsea last Sunday meant a team that many had written off after beginning the season with back-to-back defeats ensured the top four are tightly matched going into the final stretch of the campaign.

City’s defeat of Chelsea was sandwiched between the two legs of the latter’s Champions League quarter-final win against last season’s winners, Lyon. Gareth Taylor’s team play Arsenal on Sunday after the Gunners’ gruelling midweek defeat of Bayern Munich that earned their place in the semi-finals.

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