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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Suzanne Wrack at the Emirates Stadium

Arsenal and Russo delight sold-out crowd with WSL derby win over Spurs

Alessia Russo celebrates her goal at the Emirates Stadium in front of a sold-out crowd
Alessia Russo scores the winning goal four minutes into the second half. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

The rumbling drum that signals the growth of women’s football is ­getting louder by the week. A crowd of 60,050 – the second highest in Women’s Super League history – at a sold-out Emirates Stadium watched Arsenal’s defeat of Tottenham.

It was Arsenal’s second back‑to-back full house at the club’s main stadium and the club now have the top six WSL attendances – and, of UK crowd figures across the ­weekend, bettered only by the 61,339 that watched Tottenham men’s team beat Crystal Palace on Saturday.

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