The Arsenal midfielder Lia Wälti has said “football is a contact sport” after a hefty challenge by Everton’s Aggie Beever-Jones led to the Switzerland international being carried off on a stretcher during Wednesday’s Women’s Super League game.
Arsenal won 4-1 to move three points ahead of Manchester City in the race for the final Champions League place but most of the talk was of the tackle that led to Wälti’s injury and a red card for Beever-Jones.
