Chelsea Women see off Arsenal after late penalty | OneFootball

Guro Reiten of Chelsea celebrates scoring the game’s one goal against Arsenal. (Photo by Alex Broadway/Getty Images)

Barclays Women’s Super League leaders Chelsea beat Arsenal 1-0 in front over 34,000 at Stamford Bridge to move ten points ahead of the Gunners.

Chelsea 1-0 Arsenal (Att: 34,302) Crystal Palace 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur Leicester City 2-1 Liverpool West Ham United 2-0 Everton Manchester United 3-0 Brighton & Hove Albion

Chelsea edged Arsenal with a late goal to go ten points clear of them in the table. Lauren James was taken down in the box by Kim Little, a dissenting Katie McCabe sent off for a second caution before Guro Reiten converted from the spot.

Ella Toone of Manchester United scores the opening goal against Brighton. (Photo by Molly Darlington/Getty Images)

Manchester United are up to second after getting off to a flying start against Brighton. Ella Toone opened the scoring and Hinata Miyazawa thumped in the second with little over ten minutes elapsed. Albion’s Nikita Parris missed from very close range in the second half and soon after that Celin Bizet fired United’s third into the roof of the net.

Beth England after opening the scoring for Spurs away to Crystal Palace. (Photo by James Fearn/Getty Images)

Tottenham Hotspur grabbed a late winner at basement side Crystal Palace, who had fought back from two down. Beth England bagged a brace of headers in the first quarter of the match, the assists coming from an Ashleigh Neville cross and Maite Oroz corner. Palace wiped out Tottenham’s lead as Katie Stengel netted from a Molly-Mae Sharp cross before setting up Ashleigh Weerden to level. But five minutes into added time, Olivia Holdt dramatically won it for Spurs with a free kick into top corner.

Missy Goodwin of Leicester City celebrates scoring what proved to be the winning goal. (Photo by Jess Hornby/Getty Images)

Leicester City came from behind to beat Liverpool and put four points between themselves and the relegation place. Olivia Smith scored just three minutes in for the Reds but the Foxes turned it round by the break. Janice Cayman levelled from Sophie Howard’s headed pass and Missy Goodwin found net when assisted by Sam Tierney.

West Ham defeated Everton to leapfrog them and rise two places to eighth. Everton’s Katja Snoeijs could only head onto the bar with the goal gaping, the Hammers in front in the tenth minute with a Shekiera Martinez header via Viviane Asseyi’s corner. Seraina Piubel won a penalty when fouled in the box by Sara Holmgaard, Asseyi converting convincingly.

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