{"id":37246,"date":"2025-12-13T13:49:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T13:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=37246"},"modified":"2025-12-13T13:49:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T13:49:41","slug":"everton-v-arsenal-womens-super-league-live-womens-super-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=37246","title":{"rendered":"Everton v Arsenal: Women\u2019s Super League \u2013 live | Women’s Super League"},"content":{"rendered":"

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85 min:<\/strong> Robinson tries to spring a break after Everton deal with the corner but her threatening run is stopped by a smart Cooney-Cross intervention.<\/p>\n

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84 min:<\/strong> Russo with a driving run into the box! The tight angle was against her and the ball is bundled out for an Arsenal corner.<\/p>\n

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83 min:<\/strong> Williamson\u2019s first touch, an accurate pass to Fox. Arsenal work the ball towards the Everton goal \u2013 McCabe can\u2019t find a ball through the Everton defence, however. An Arsenal throw.<\/p>\n

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82 min:<\/strong> Arsenal crowd around the Everton box on their left, but Foord gives away a free-kick. Scrappy stuff in the second half.<\/p>\n

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Leah Williamson returns<\/h2>\n

The England captain is on for the final 10 minutes,<\/strong> as she replaces Steph Catley! These are the first minutes Leah Williamson has played since the Euro 2025 final.<\/p>\n

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79 min:<\/strong> Borbe getting a bit of treatment on her ankle, she fell slightly awkwardly catching that free-kick. Brian S\u00f8rensen takes the chance to rev up his players for a final push.<\/p>\n

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77 min:<\/strong> Payne has the ball on the Everton left; doesn\u2019t have a lot of help but draws a foul from Wubben-Moy. A free-kick which will be swung into the Arsenal box\u2026 Borbe just about collects it! That was moving in the air.<\/p>\n

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75 min:<\/strong> A long Everton pass gives Kitagawa too much to do, she can\u2019t keep it in play. Vignolla is replaced by Katie Robinson as the home side make a fourth change.<\/p>\n

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74 min:<\/strong> Wubben-Moy clears a ball into the box; Russo comes deep to pick it up. Everton won\u2019t mind seeing her inside her own half. But not Arsenal do build a promising attack. Ruby Mace \u2013 who else? \u2013 clears it.<\/p>\n

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72 min:<\/strong> Everton have a spell of possession, the substitutions seemingly working a touch better for them than the visitors early on. Vignola is getting plenty of the ball.<\/p>\n

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70 min:<\/strong> Holmgaard wins the ball in midfield but once again it goes backwards for Everton. It\u2019s worked forwards well but Vignola\u2019s ball into the box is easily gathered by Borbe.<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a008.34 EST<\/p>\n

68 min:<\/strong> Both sides giving the ball away as the game settles (or unsettles) into a sloppy passage of play. Everton\u2019s Kitagawa chases down a long ball but Fox gets their first and clears.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Ren\u00e9e Slegers watches on from the touchline.<\/span> Photograph: Alex Burstow\/Arsenal FC\/Getty ImagesShare<\/p>\n

Updated at\u00a008.34 EST<\/p>\n

66 min:<\/strong> Arsenal are sweeping the ball around smoothly but, unlike the start of the first half, are yet to really show any cutting edge.<\/p>\n

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64 min:<\/strong> Emily Fox is too cunning for Payne as Everton try to search for an opening \u2013 she guides the ball back to her goalkeeper on the edge of the area. Arsenal back with the ball.<\/p>\n

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62 min:<\/strong> Little goes off, alongside Mead, as Arsenal make some subs. Blackstenius and Olivia Smith come on \u2013 so that\u2019s not bad. Smith was superb against Liverpool in her last WSL game.<\/p>\n

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60 min:<\/strong> Caldentey fires in a shot after the short corner but Brosnan is equal to it. Mead has a shot from way out, but it was, well, let\u2019s say optimistic.<\/p>\n

Especially because, as Tom Garry tells me in a much-needed sunshine update: \u201cEverton fans will be glad to know the sun is now below the stand now, so Brosnan can see everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a008.25 EST<\/p>\n

57 min:<\/strong> Everton clear, but the red and white wave is soon back upon them, switching play. A 10th Arsenal corner. Can they make one count?<\/p>\n

Not before Everton make a triple change<\/strong>: Snoeijs, Holmgaard and Van Gool all come on.<\/p>\n

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56 min:<\/strong> Russo races into space and gets a shot away \u2013 Mace blocks smartly and puts it behind. Again. Arsenal\u2019s ninth corner already.<\/p>\n

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55 min:<\/strong> Cooney-Cross delivers an incisive pass to Mead, but her path is blocked. Everton\u2019s defence looking a bit more solid at the start of this half, but of course they will need more than that at some stage.<\/p>\n

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53 min:<\/strong> McCabe gets in behind and slips in a fine pass, Russo is running across the goal and gets a close-range shot on target, but Brosnan is firmly behind it.<\/p>\n

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52 min:<\/strong> Everton deal with the corner and try to play the ball around in defence but they\u2019re struggling a bit with Arsenal\u2019s press. The visitors soon have the ball back. Mead wins a free-kick, taken quickly.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Lotte Wubben-Moy of Arsenal runs with the ball.<\/span> Photograph: Charlotte Tattersall\/WSL\/WSL Football\/Getty ImagesShare<\/p>\n

Updated at\u00a008.18 EST<\/p>\n

50 min:<\/strong> Everton have a spell of possession but can\u2019t find a route to a chance, Arsenal win the ball back, Foord drives into the box and Mace manages to get it out for a corner.<\/p>\n

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48 min:<\/strong> S\u00f8rensen, earpod firmly in, is offering plenty of loud instructions. Slegers looks more considered as she gives some chewing gum a thorough going over in the style of a former Manchester United men\u2019s manager.<\/p>\n

On the pitch, Brosnan gets a firm fist away on an Arsenal cross. Everton look to mount an attack.<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a008.13 EST<\/p>\n

46 min:<\/strong> Everton work their way to Arsenal\u2019s goal and Ornella Vignola has a shot which goes straight at Borbe. Not a direct threat but mild encouragement for the hosts.<\/p>\n

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The second half kicks off<\/h2>\n

Everton, who need to try to match Arsenal\u2019s intensity<\/strong>, get the second half rolling.<\/p>\n

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Thanks for the excellent mid-game analysis, Tom.<\/strong> Like a true Pro, I missed Tom\u2019s pre-kick-off missive, which was thus: \u201cThe Arsenal keeper Anneke Borbe has the sun shining directly into her eyeline in this first half. Tricky.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well, Everton did score from their only shot on target (not that Borbe could do much about that pearler). But does this mean it\u2019s disadvantage Courtney Brosnan in the second half?? Everton need some cloud cover, along with defensive improvements.<\/p>\n

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It is hard to fathom how Arsenal only have a one-goal advantage, given the pressure they have applied on the Everton penalty area for large chunks of that first half. At times, the rare moments where that pressure eased off seemed only to arise when there were physios called on, to treat players from both sides.<\/p>\n

There were very few other moments of respite, for Everton\u2019s backline. Kim Little and Mariona Caldentey are pulling a lot of strings in the middle. As soon as Everton equalised, Brian S\u00f8rensen rushed immediately to try and give some tactical instructions to his players but they are still struggling to get the ball off this dynamic Arsenal team, and the home fans have been relatively quiet as a result.<\/p>\n

The away supporters have been singing through their repertoire about being European champions. They\u2019re going second in the table as it stands.<\/p>\n

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Some half-time reading: Tom Garry<\/strong> has analysed Liverpool<\/strong>\u2019s winless WSL start. West Ham on Sunday feels massive.<\/p>\n

No wins, no clean sheets and \u2013 on Thursday night \u2013 no shots on target. It has been a horrible first half of the WSL season for Liverpool and, while the gaze of the world\u2019s football media has been drawn towards the future of \u201cthe Egyptian King\u201d, Mo Salah, on Merseyside, the women\u2019s team look increasingly in danger of slipping down the pyramid.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Half-time: Everton 1-2 Arsenal<\/h2>\n

Four-and-a-half crazy minutes brought us three goals. <\/strong>Not sure how Arsenal didn\u2019t score in some of the other 40+ minutes, but there we are \u2013 a terrifically entertaining half of action.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Kyra Cooney-Cross in action with Toni Payne.<\/span> Photograph: Jason Cairnduff\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/p>\n

Updated at\u00a007.57 EST<\/p>\n

45+6 min:<\/strong> Gago plays a neat layoff to Momiki but Arsenal\u2019s defence is firm and Everton are forced to go backwards. A ball over the top and Gago is just offside.<\/p>\n

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45+4 min:<\/strong> Mace holds off the busy Foord inside the box and Everton clear. A little bit of respite at the end of the half. Will either side get one more chance?<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a007.50 EST<\/p>\n

45+3 min:<\/strong> Brosnan boots the ball long \u2013 perhaps not particularly encouraged by her defenders\u2019 passing game \u2013 and the ball is well worked to Payne on the right. She briefly looks in behind! But the offside flag goes up.<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a007.51 EST<\/p>\n

45+1 min:<\/strong> Everton almost give the ball away to Mead inside the box! It goes out for a corner but that was very risky. We\u2019re getting seven additional minutes in this half thanks to a few stoppages earlier.<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a007.46 EST<\/p>\n

44 min:<\/strong> Arsenal sweeping the ball from left to right, searching for gaps in the Everton defence. Mead\u2019s ball into the box is booted away by Brosnan.<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a007.45 EST<\/p>\n

42 min:<\/strong> Foord crosses the ball into the box and Russo heads into the side netting \u2013 it was just a touch to high to be fair; she couldn\u2019t quite get the right angle.<\/p>\n

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40 min:<\/strong> Emily Fox and Kim Little combine excellently on the right, zipping the ball around, but Caldentey can\u2019t quite collect a pass inside the area.<\/p>\n

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39 min:<\/strong> Mead\u2019s corner is put behind by Everton, she gets another go and it\u2019s a more dangerous cross \u2013 right into the mixer, but the hosts react quickest and get it away.<\/p>\n

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