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Women’s Super League: talking points from the weekend’s action

(From left) Lucía García scored her first Manchester United goal, Rachel Daly has three already for Aston Villa and Katie Robinson sealed victory for Brighton over Reading.
(From left) Lucía García scored her first Manchester United goal, Rachel Daly has three already for Aston Villa and Katie Robinson sealed victory for Brighton over Reading. Composite: Getty; Shutterstock

Arsenal will not get carried away by derby drubbing

Two games into a new season is no time to try to determine the destination of the Women’s Super League title or who is on track for a Champions League spot. Arsenal will be aware of this and the need to take things game by game having begun last season with a 3-2 win over Chelsea before being pipped to the title by the same team by a single point. So while Arsenal’s 4-0 defeat of Tottenham on Saturday was comprehensive and slick, Jonas Eidevall and his team will not get carried away, especially given how poor the visitors were in front of a record WSL crowd of 47,367. “We didn’t play our game as well as we could have,” said Tottenham’s head coach, Rehanne Skinner. “We were too tentative in the press and that created challenges for us on the ball.” Suzanne Wrack

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