Arsenal Women started off the season in the best possible way as they produced one of the most comfortable football results of the weekend in the Women’s Super League. Kim Little opened the scoring in the 28th minute before Stina Blackstenius doubled their advantage in the 50th minute. Beth Mead made it three in the 63rd minute before sealing the three points in the 83rd minute.
Match Reaction
Arsenal goalscorer Beth Mead: “It’s good to be back at Borehamwood with a big crowd and good to start the league with three points. I’m a little bit disappointed with a few of my chances tonight, I think I should’ve scored more, and us as a team, we could’ve put a few more away but four goals and three points is what we wanted. I thought we were playing really good football, it was just our final ball and final finish in the first half. We were a bit more clinical in the final third in the second half. We’ve set out standards now and we need to keep setting them higher.”
Arsenal manager Jonas Eidevall: “The most important thing is to win. I also am happy with a lot of the things we showed on the pitch. We showed great intensity, we gave away a few too many counter-attacks and I think we would’ve scored more if we’d got a little bit more quality into the final actions. But for a start, it was good for us. It was a consequence of what happened in the first half because we moved them very much in the first half and they were very tired in the second. Then the gaps and spaces get bigger for us to play in and they didn’t have the energy to press at all in the end. It was two very different games.”
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