Women’s Super League: Talking Points From The Weekend’s Action

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Bompastor anger astatine City tactical break

Sonia Bompastor, nan Chelsea manager, expressed her vexation astatine what she perceived to beryllium a deliberate tactical timeout orchestrated by Manchester City during nan first half of Friday’s season-opener. While nan City goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita was down receiving treatment, caput coach Andrée Jeglertz utilized his strategies committee to show instructions to his players. Bompastor could beryllium seen remonstrating pinch nan officials astatine nan clip and, aft nan game, she said: “For me, that’s not fair. It’s not successful nan rules. I mentioned that past play arsenic well, pinch each nan goalkeepers going down conscionable for nan coach to person a tactical stoppage to talk to nan players. I’m not saying I will ne'er usage that, because I cognize that it tin beryllium portion of a strategy, but coming it was excessively much. It was a agelong break, it was evident for everyone, they had nan committee and everything.” Tom Garry

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Subs make quality for Gunners

Olivia Smith whitethorn person stolen Arsenal hearts and nan headlines pinch her stunning debut extremity successful nan 4-1 conclusion of London City Lionesses, but nan effect of nan Gunners’ substitutes was cardinal to them seeing retired nan crippled comfortably. For nan 3rd extremity it was Beth Mead and Stina Blackstenius combining, earlier Frida Maanum was nan beneficiary of that pair’s buildup play for Arsenal’s fourth. All 3 had travel disconnected nan chair against nan WSL newcomers and pinch Arsenal competing connected 4 fronts this season, that value successful extent will beryllium critical. The caput coach Renée Slegers said of her squad: “It’s early successful nan season, truthful we besides had to negociate a batch of things. We had to make bully decisions pinch yellowish cards and players’ fittingness today, and that’s each taken into account. The players who commencement nan crippled problem-solved, they had to create a squad relationship and nan hit connected nan pitch, and past nan players that vanished nan crippled erstwhile things were much unfastened – it was superb today.” Suzanne Wrack

  • Match report: Arsenal 4-1 London City Lionesses

Frida Maanum completes nan scoring arsenic Arsenal roared backmost from a extremity down astatine nan Emirates
Frida Maanum completes nan scoring arsenic Arsenal roared backmost from a extremity down astatine nan Emirates. Photograph: Alex Burstow/Arsenal FC/Getty Images

Toone scores affectional goal

Ella Toone started nan play wherever she near disconnected successful Switzerland, pinch an attacking capacity that illustrated really she continues to return to her champion aft a difficult 12 months. It was possibly inevitable that she would people connected nan day of her begetter Nick’s death, adding other emotion to her 13th-minute opener against Leicester. Toone was integral to Manchester United’s ascendant 4-0 triumph against disjointed opponents, pulling nan strings successful down Elisabeth Terland and providing nan assistance for Melvine Malard’s 2nd goal. Toone registered 100 touches connected nan ball, nan second-highest of anyone connected nan transportation and could person had a hat-trick. It was a regular opening-day triumph for Marc Skinner’s side, who showed nan benefits of having already played competitory shot this play successful Champions League qualification. Sophie Downey

Everton hot-shot Vignola stuns Anfield

Standing successful nan mixed area holding nan lucifer ball, moreover Ornella Vignola seemed a small bemused by what had conscionable happened. One thing’s for certain: nan grin will not beryllium leaving her look immoderate clip soon. The 20-year-old announced herself successful style aft her move from Granada this summer, becoming nan first Everton subordinate to people a hat-trick successful a Merseyside derby for 94 years. “She was superb and she has been for illustration that successful training,” her delighted manager, Brian Sørensen, said. “Her runs are truthful well-timed and nan measurement she faces up and goes astatine players, she is excellent. She conscionable wants to score.” The Blues cemented their power successful this fixture pinch a 4-1 comeback victory, their 4th consecutive triumph against Liverpool and their sixth from six astatine Anfield. SD

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Ornella Vignola celebrates her 3rd extremity for Everton
Ornella Vignola scored nan first hat-trick successful a Merseyside derby since Dixie Dean successful 1931. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/Reuters

Spurs’ Koga hits crushed running

Toko Koga impressed connected her Tottenham debut, nan 19-year-old helping her caller broadside support a cleanable expanse successful nan 1-0 triumph against West Ham. Spurs are delighted that nan Japan centre-back chose to subordinate them from Feyenoord this summertime amid liking from Champions League sides. The caller Tottenham caput coach, Martin Ho, believes Koga tin beryllium a star. “For a 19-year-old she’s very mature. She’s good supra her years successful position of shot and personally,” Ho said. “That’s conscionable a snippet of what Toko tin do. We’ve only been moving pinch her for nan past 5 aliases six weeks and I think, erstwhile you get six aliases 7 months in, you’re going to spot a real, talented player, and I judge astir apt 1 of nan champion successful world football.” TG

  • Match report: Tottenham 1-0 West Ham

Villa support Agyemang quiet

“I’m proud because it is difficult to play a bully first game,” nan Aston Villa manager, Natalia Arroyo, said aft her broadside earned a constituent distant to Brighton. This felt for illustration a emblematic opening time fixture: a goalless tie betwixt 2 sides who were separated by conscionable 3 points past season. Both sides looked refreshed but lacked cohesion successful a crippled that promised overmuch but delivered little. The Seagulls will beryllium nan astir disappointed pinch nan outcome: Dario Vidosic’s squad controlled possession, led successful attacking statistic and made doubly arsenic galore passes arsenic their opponents, who defended resolutely. Finding that objective separator will beryllium nan adjacent measurement for Brighton: Michelle Agyemang, backmost connected indebtedness from Arsenal aft a career-changing summer, led nan statement and deed nan station but was different marshalled good by nan visitors. SD

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