Arsenal hand Manchester City second consecutive home defeat

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·2 February 2025

Arsenal hand Manchester City second consecutive home defeat

A seven goal thriller saw Arsenal take all three points from their WSL meeting against Manchester City. The game provided all of the drama expected from a top three clash. Mariona Caldentey, Lotte Wubben-Moy, Frida Maanum and Stina Blackstenius were all on the scoresheet for the Gunners. Meanwhile Mary Fowler and Vivianne Miedema were on target for Manchester City.

Starting XI’s

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Keating; Aleixandri (c), Miedema, Fowler, Roord, Ouahabi, Park, Casparij, Fujino, Hasegawa, Knaak

Arsenal

Van Domselaar; Fox, Wubben-Moy, Williamson (c), Catley, Caldentey, Mead, Maanum, Russo, Blackstenius, Cooney-Cross

How it went

Just a minute into the tie and Arsenal were ahead, leaving City stunned. Capitalising on a sloppy piece of defending, Mariona Caldentey slotted the ball beyond Khiara Keating to give her side the early lead. Lotte Wubben-Moy doubled the Gunners advantage eight minutes later, nodding home a well-worked free-kick.

Mary Fowler pulled one back for the hosts on the stroke of 20 minutes, heading home Aoba Fujino’s cross. The goal seemed to ignite something in the hosts as they began piling the pressure onto their opponents.

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Vivianne Miedema came back to haunt her old side, slotting the ball beyond Daphne Van Domselaar in the 50th minute. No sooner had the City fans sat back down, the visitors retook the lead. Frida Maanum’s low shot came from a moment of weakness in the midfield as Jess Park was dispossessed in the centre of the field.

The action continued as Aoba Fujino was brought down just inside the area in the 53rd minute. Mary Fowler stepped up to take the spot kick, firing her effort beyond Van Domselaar to level the score once more.

Arsenal retook the lead in the 78th minute through Stina Blackstenius after Laia Aleixandri gave the ball away in a dangerous area.

Up next

Manchester City drop to fourth in the table whilst Arsenal move into second spot. The two sides will meet again on Thursday in the League Cup as City look to salvage their silverware hopes.

Manchester City will then host Leicester City in the FA Cup before returning to WSL action against Liverpool. Arsenal will welcome London City Lionesses in the cup ahead of the North London derby in the league.