Key events
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Full-time scores
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GOAL! Manchester United 2-1 Everton (Melvine Malard, 90+4)
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GOAL! Manchester United 1-1 Everton (Inma Gabarro, 90)
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GOAL! Manchester City 5-2 Tottenham (Beth England, 85)
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GOAL! Arsenal 5-0 West Ham (Beth Mead, 90)
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GOAL! London City Lionesses 1-1 Chelsea (Isobel Goodwin, 82)
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GOAL! Arsenal 4-0 West Ham (Chloe Kelly, 80)
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GOAL! Arsenal 3-0 West Ham (Chloe Kelly, 55)
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GOAL! Arsenal 2-0 West Ham (Alessia Russo, 47)
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Half-time
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GOAL! Manchester City 5-1 Tottenham (Amanda Nilden OG, 45)
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GOAL! Manchester United 1-0 Everton (Elisabeth Terland, 38)
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GOAL! Manchester City 4-1 Tottenham (Kerolin, 37)
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GOAL! London City Lionesses 0-1 Chelsea (Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, 23)
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GOAL! Manchester City 3-1 Tottenham (Khadija Shaw, 21)
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GOAL! Manchester City 2-1 Tottenham (Khadija Shaw, 18)
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GOAL! Manchester City 1-1 Tottenham (Olivia Holdt, 15)
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GOAL! Manchester City 1-0 Tottenham (Khadija Shaw, 8)
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GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 West Ham (Stina Blackstenius, 4)
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Kick-off
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Team news – Manchester United v Everton
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Team news – Arsenal v West Ham
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Team news – London City Lionesses v Chelsea
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Team news – Manchester City v Tottenham
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Preamble
Manchester City striker Khadija Shaw tells Sky Sports: “It was a good afternoon, I must say. Especially off the back of the result last week, we knew we needed to have a great start and coming out here we did that. Overall a good performance.”
Khadija Shaw scored the fastest hat-trick in WSL history today. She netted three against Tottenham in just 12 minutes and 37 seconds.
Full-time scores
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Manchester City 5-2 Tottenham
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London City Lionesses 1-1 Chelsea
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Arsenal 5-0 West Ham
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Manchester United 2-1 Everton
Full-time: Arsenal 5-0 West Ham
Arsenal continue their winning run with a big victory over their London rivals.
Full-time: Manchester City 5-2 Tottenham
That huge victory surely sees Manchester City put one hand on the WSL trophy. They remain eight points clear.
Full-time: Manchester United 2-1 Everton
That late winner from Melvine Malard moves United up to second in the table.
Full-time: London City Lionesses 1-1 Chelsea
For Chelsea, any remaining hopes of a late title push have surely been dashed. They drop to third in the table.
With that late Malard goal, Manchester United will move above Chelsea and into second in the table.
GOAL! Manchester United 2-1 Everton (Melvine Malard, 90+4)
Surely Malard has just won it for United in the final seconds!
The forward heads home a corner to give the hosts the lead!
Late drama!
Arsenal 5-0 West Ham: Sophie Harwood is on to make her WSL debut. She replaces Smith with around 10 out of 14 minutes of added time remaining.
GOAL! Manchester United 1-1 Everton (Inma Gabarro, 90)
Gabarro gets the all-important equaliser for Everton! That could be huge!
GOAL! Manchester City 5-2 Tottenham (Beth England, 85)
Spurs get their second, but it will only be a consolation.
GOAL! Arsenal 5-0 West Ham (Beth Mead, 90)
Mead is next to get on the scoresheet!
The winger links up brilliantly with Fox and Holmberg on the right before receiving the ball back and firing her shot into the bottom-left corner.
GOAL! London City Lionesses 1-1 Chelsea (Isobel Goodwin, 82)
Goodwin scores a crucial goal to level things up for London City in the late stages!
Corrales has a shot saved by Hampton but Goodwin follows it up to net the rebound.
Arsenal 3-0 West Ham: Another note on Arsenal – they are currently playing with a midfield three of McCabe, Pelova and Mead. Interesting…
GOAL! Arsenal 4-0 West Ham (Chloe Kelly, 80)
It’s four at the Emirates Stadium as Kelly strikes again!
West Ham attempt to play the ball out from the back and Hansen gives it straight to Kelly in the box, who has a simple finish to net Arsenal’s fourth.
Manchester City 5-1 Tottenham: I’m not exaggerating when I say Gaupset has just fired her shot out of the stadium. It’s just not Tottenham’s day.
Elsewhere, you will not be surprised to hear that Manchester City are still 5-1 up against Tottenham. Chelsea and Manchester United still lead London City Lionesses and Everton respectively by a goal to nil.
Arsenal 3-0 West Ham: Since those substitutions, Smith has moved into the No9 position, Holmberg has moved up to be on the right wing and Mead is playing in the No10 position.
Arsenal 3-0 West Ham: Nyström is being carried off on a stretcher to a round of applause from the Emirates Stadium crowd. She is replaced by Shelina Zadorsky.
Arsenal 3-0 West Ham: Play is still paused at the Emirates Stadium, with Nyström still on the pitch receiving treatment. Both teams are keeping warm by passing a ball between themselves.
Arsenal 3-0 West Ham: Renée Slegers makes a triple change, with Emily Fox replacing Blackstenius, Victoria Pelova on for Little and Russo making way for Beth Mead.
The Gunners have a huge week coming up, with a Champions League quarter-final against Chelsea on Tuesday and the North London Derby against Tottenham next Saturday.
Arsenal 3-0 West Ham: Nyström is down with a serious-looking injury. Blackstenius appeared to land awkwardly on her arm after she made a last-ditch attempt to stop the striker scoring Arsenal’s fourth.
GOAL! Arsenal 3-0 West Ham (Chloe Kelly, 55)
Caldentey intercepts a loose pass in midfield before playing the ball through to Blackstenius, who sets it back to Kelly on the edge of the box. The winger shifts the ball onto her left foot before sending her shot straight into the bottom-left corner.
GOAL! Arsenal 2-0 West Ham (Alessia Russo, 47)
Russo makes it two for the Gunners by heading home a cross from Holmberg.
That should ease any nerves for Arsenal fans!
We’re back under way!
Before today’s game, Spurs head coach Martin Ho insisted his players would not sit back and surrender to Manchester City.
But they have let the league leaders walk all over them today.
Defensively, Spurs have been very poor. If things don’t change, City could add at least a few more goals in the second half.
Half-time
It’s half-time across the grounds. Here are the scores:
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Manchester City 5-1 Tottenham
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London City Lionesses 0-1 Chelsea
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Arsenal 1-0 West Ham
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Manchester United 1-0 Everton
CORRECTION: The goal will go down as an own-goal from A.Nilden due to the deflection from the Miedema shot which sent the ball on target.
GOAL! Manchester City 5-1 Tottenham (Amanda Nilden OG, 45)
It gets worse for Spurs…
Casparij sends a cross into the box and finds her Dutch international team-mate, who heads the ball down and towards goal. It takes a small deflection off Nilden before slowly bouncing over the line.
Manchester City 4-1 Tottenham: Holdt comes close to a second goal for Spurs as she drags her shot just wide of the post.
GOAL! Manchester United 1-0 Everton (Elisabeth Terland, 38)
The deadlock has finally been broken at the Progress With Unity Stadium!
Terland gets the goal with her second strike in the box after initially mishitting her first.
GOAL! Manchester City 4-1 Tottenham (Kerolin, 37)
Surely City have wrapped this game up now!
Spurs lose the ball in midfield before Greenwood plays a pass through to Hemp. The winger squares it across goal and Kerolin is waiting there to pass the ball into the bottom-right corner.
Poor defending from Spurs. Martin Ho will be furious.
Manchester City 3-1 Tottenham: Off the post! Coffey comes inches away from netting her first City goal as she receives the ball on the edge of the box before shifting to her left and going for the shot. Her attempt curls round and rattles the post before going behind for a goal kick.
Arsenal 1-0 West Ham: Arsenal have had 74% possession in this match so far with eight shots on goal. They need to be more clinical to put this game to bed.
Manchester United 0-0 Everton: We’re still yet to see a goal at the Progress With Unity Stadium. United will be determined to bounce back from their midweek draw against West Ham.
GOAL! London City Lionesses 0-1 Chelsea (Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, 23)
First goal at The Den!
London City lose the ball in midfield and a long pass is chipped forward. Beever-Jones is there to flick it on to Kaneryd, who runs through before passing the ball into the bottom corner.
GOAL! Manchester City 3-1 Tottenham (Khadija Shaw, 21)
It’s a 13-minute hat-trick for Shaw!
Kerolin receives the ball on the edge of the box and waits for the perfect moment before swinging a cross into danger zone, where it meets the run of Shaw. The striker gets her head to it once again and sends the ball flying into the net.
What a start to the match for the striker!
GOAL! Manchester City 2-1 Tottenham (Khadija Shaw, 18)
And just like that, City lead again – from another corner!
Once again, Greenwood swings the ball into the box and this time Shaw rises to get there first and nod the ball into the net.
Arsenal 1-0 West Ham: How have Arsenal not scored another?! Russo unleashes a powerful strike from just outside the box, which is saved by Szemik. Smith then fires a volley towards the target, which is also saved brilliantly. Kelly gets the final attempt away, but blasts it over the crossbar!
GOAL! Manchester City 1-1 Tottenham (Olivia Holdt, 15)
Spurs are level!
Spence sends a brilliant pass over the City defence and through to Holdt, who beats Knaak for pace before slotting her shot past Keating and into the bottom-right corner.
Arsenal 1-0 West Ham: Smith beats Cascarino for pace to pick up a through ball in the box before squaring a pass across goal. Russo looks to shoot, but her effort deflects over the crossbar.
GOAL! Manchester City 1-0 Tottenham (Khadija Shaw, 8)
Shaw fires City into the lead!
Greenwood sends a corner into the box and Blakstad fails to clear the ball away. It drops directly to Shaw in the six-yard box, who does not hesitate before smashing her shot home.
Zach Neeley has messaged in to say:
“Caldentey, Smith, Russo, Kelly, Blackstenius. That’s A LOT for West Ham’s defence to have running at it…”
GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 West Ham (Stina Blackstenius, 4)
Arsenal get the first goal of the afternoon!
Kelly sends a cross into the danger zone from the left and Blackstenius pounces to poke the ball into the net.
Manchester City v Tottenham: City are pressing high in the early stages, but Spurs remain compact at the back.
Kick-off
Here we go!
The teams are out across the grounds and we’re about to get under way!
In case you missed it, there were two games played on Wednesday as West Ham held Manchester United to a 0-0 draw and Chelsea clinched a 2-1 win over Brighton.
Over in Australia, Japan have just won the Women’s Asian Cup with a 1-0 victory over the hosts thanks to an early goal from Maika Hamano.
Click below to read the match report:
Team news – Manchester United v Everton
Manchester United starting line-up: Tullis-Joyce, Le Tissier, Lundkvist, Park, Malard, Terland, Rolfö, Awujo, Naalsund, Zigiotti, Turner.
Substitutes: Middleton-Patel, Rendell, George, Anderson, Drury, Schüller.
Everton starting line-up: Brosnan, Hobson, Fernández, Mace, Pacheco, Van Gool, Galli, Kramzar, Payne, Vignola, Momiki.
Substitutes: Ramsey, Gabarro, Gago, Lawley, Harbert, Stenevik, Jones.
Team news – Arsenal v West Ham
Arsenal starting line-up: Borbe, Holmberg, Wubben-Moy, Codina, Hinds, Little, Caldentey, Smith, Russo, Kelly, Blackstenius.
Substitutes: Votikova, Van Domselaar, Fox, Mead, McCabe, Pelova, Harwood.
West Ham starting line-up: Szemik, Hansen, Nyström, Cascarino, Belloumou, Tennebø, Siren, Zelem, Morgan, Wandeler, Martinez.
Substitutes: Walsh, Endo, Bose, Zadorsky, Brasero, Hanshaw, Houssein, Cemal, Piubel.
Team news – London City Lionesses v Chelsea
London City Lionesses starting line-up: Lete, Fernández, Pattinson, Asllani, Van de Donk, Linari, Godfrey, Parris, Sangaré, Marcetto, Geyoro.
Substitutes: Orman, Goldie, Pérez, Corrales, Partido, Franssi, Roddar, Cascarino, Goodwin.
Chelsea starting line-up: Hampton, Buurman, Buchanan, Sarwie, Nüsken, Cuthbert, Potter, Kaptein, Kaneryd, Beever-Jones, Thompson.
Substitutes: Peng, Spencer, James, Girma, Baltimore, Bronze, Walsh, Storey, Shooter.
Team news – Manchester City v Tottenham
Manchester City starting line-up: Keating, Rose, Knaak, Greenwood, Casparij, Blindkilde Brown, Coffey, Hemp, Kerolin, Miedema, Shaw.
Substitutes: Cumings, Coombs, Ouahabi, Lohmann, Beney, Prior, Oyama, Murphy, Adedini.
Tottenham starting line-up: Kop, Bartrip, A. Nilden, Gaupset, England, Holdt, Vinberg, Tandberg, Wijk, Spence, Blakstad.
Substitutes: Heeps, Jackson, Grant, Rybrink, Ahtinen, Summanen, Dennis, M. Nilden, Gunning-Williams.
Here’s a quick rundown of today’s WSL fixtures:
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Manchester City v Tottenham
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Manchester United v Everton
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London City Lionesses v Chelsea
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Arsenal v West Ham
Now for some team news…
Preamble
Hello, good morning and welcome to another WSL clockwatch! We have four games to look forward to this afternoon as league leaders Manchester City host Tottenham, Manchester United take on Everton, Chelsea travel to London City Lionesses and Arsenal face West Ham.
It could be a huge day in the title race, with City looking to bounce back after dropping points against Aston Villa last week. Although they remain seven points clear, another slip-up today could allow the likes of Chelsea, United and Arsenal to pile on the pressure in the final weeks of the season.
I’ll be guiding you through it all – join me!