Arsenal beat Manchester United to second place within the Ladies’s Tremendous League after an exhilarating 4-3 win on the Emirates Stadium on the ultimate day.
Regardless of heavy back-to-back disappointments of their earlier two league matches, the Gunners entered their season finale figuring out some extent can be sufficient to safe runners-up behind champions Chelsea.
Renee Slegers’ facet took 110 seconds to determine a lead by way of Chloe Kelly, after an uncharacteristic mistake from goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce, earlier than Ella Toone nodded an equaliser 10 minutes later.
Arsenal, who had shipped 9 targets to Aston Villa and Brighton on the street, appeared rather more assured on house turf, and scored thrice in a elegant 16-minute blitz after the break to in the end take the sport away from the guests, regardless of them forcing a grandstand end.
The Gunners three-goal benefit, earned by Mariona Caldentey, Frida Maanum and Kim Little, was lowered to at least one within the area of six error-strewn minutes after a uncommon pair of Katie McCabe blunders.
Substitute Elisabeth Terland intercepted a wayward go to attain her tenth purpose of the season earlier than a visit on Celin Bizet allowed Maya le Tissier to attain from the penalty spot.
It was extra nervy than it wanted to be however Arsenal stood agency to finish their league marketing campaign on 48 factors, 4 above United, however an unimaginable 12 shy of unbeaten Chelsea.