Goals from the midfield duo Lia Wälti and Frida Maanum helped to take unbeaten Arsenal past Liverpool and back to the summit of the Women’s Super League – albeit with Manchester United kicking off later in the day.
This could have been a banana-skin game for Arsenal, sandwiched between two tricky Champions League group-stage fixtures, the first of which was a trip to the reigning champions Lyon. Matt Beard’s Liverpool side had stunned Chelsea on the opening weekend of the season, with two Katie Stengel penalties cancelling out Fran Kirby’s spot-kick in the third minute.
