WSL team of the week - Gameweek 6
The WSL fired back into life on Saturday and Sunday following the recent pause for the October international break.
It was another strong week for table-toppers Arsenal, while Chelsea continued to keep up the pressure. Elsewhere, Manchester City got back on track and Tottenham got a momentous result.
Aston Villa 0-1 Chelsea (Saturday)
Everton 0-1 Brighton (Saturday)
Tottenham 1-1 Man Utd (Sunday)
Birmingham 0-3 Reading (Sunday)
Leicester 1-4 Man City (Sunday)
Arsenal 4-0 West Ham (Sunday)
Here's90min's WSL team of of the for the latest round of games...
1. Goalkeeper & defenders
Hannah Hampton (GK) - Aston Villa: Ended up on the losing side against Chelsea but it was her impressive saves that kept the scoreline at 0-1 and gave Villa a chance against the champions.
Georgia Stanway (RB) - Man City: Playing out of position due to City’s defensive injury crisis but made the most of the situation against Leicester after returning from suspension. Got an assist.
Ria Percival (CB) - Tottenham: Spurs could have been out of the game against Manchester United long before her 95th minute equaliser from a long-range free-kick that avoided everyone. Her defensive efforts therefore deserve as much praise.
Victoria Williams (CB) - Brighton: It was a big week for the Seagulls with another win and another clean sheet seeing them break into the top three. The centre-back continues to be a big part of that.
Katie McCabe (LB) - Arsenal: Consistently high performances make the Gunners star one of the best players in the WSL on current form. Operated deeper this week but still very strong.
2. Midfielders
Ji So-yun (CM) – Chelsea: The South Korea international pulled the strings for the Blues in their win over Aston Villa. She assisted the only goal and almost scored herself.
Kim Little (CM) – Arsenal: It’s now 50 WSL goals in total for the Gunners legend. She scored the first two of her team’s latest big win as they further underlined their title credentials.
Keira Walsh (CM) – Man City: Her injury absence earlier in the season hurt City and she took control of what could have been another difficult afternoon against Leicester, as well as scoring a stunner.
3. Forwards
Alessia Russo (FW) - Man Utd: Scored for the third time in the last four WSL games with a powerful near post effort against Spurs. She has emerged at exactly the right time for United after injury hell.
Deanne Rose (FW) - Reading: Two goals from the Canada international powered the Royals to a second successive WSL win after what had been a challenging start to the season.
Beth Mead (FW) - Arsenal: Another goal and another assist from arguably the player of the season so far as the Gunners beat West Ham. It’s now eight goal involvements in six WSL games.
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