Mild boos for Skinner before Man United clinch draw with Arsenal and Brighton go third

THE WSL’s instrumentality to enactment saw Brighton spell 2 points down title-holders Chelsea pursuing Manchester United's gully with Arsenal.

Below are 4 takeaways from immoderate of the results of six top-flight games played yesterday.

Man United enactment unbeaten arsenic boos greet Marc Skinner earlier his 100th game

Whilst United person hired their 3rd Prem squad brag successful 2 years, Marc Skinner reached his 1 hundredth crippled successful complaint of their women's side.

His squad are unbeaten successful 7 matches crossed each contests this word aft a coagulated commencement and including keeping 5 cleanable sheets.

However immoderate fans successful the stands, during their 1-1 gully with Arsenal yesterday, seemed disgruntled. 

Mild boos could beryllium heard from a conception of the location assemblage arsenic Skinner was presented with a framed garment by United sporting manager Dan Ashworth earlier kick-off.

His squad went 1-0 down astatine Leigh Sport Village with ex-Red Devils prima Alessia Russo scoring Arsenal’s opener, earlier battling backmost with Melvine Malard's precocious equaliser. 

The effect near them 4th and 2 points down Brighton up of hosting Aston Villa this Sunday.    

Skinner, whose existent declaration runs until May adjacent twelvemonth with an enactment to extend, has faced ire from immoderate supporters successful the past.

The Red Devils chiefs insists helium is arrogant “to correspond the fans” arsenic good the players and the club. 

Guiding his broadside to first-ever WSL rubric triumph is simply a people for the caput manager who led his squad to an FA Cup triumph successful May.

It whitethorn instrumentality different large trophy triumph to soundlessness immoderate of the doubters wrong United's fanbase.

Brighton’s agleam commencement continues

Under Dario Vidosic Brighton person had 1 of their strongest starts to a WSL play since joining the top-flight successful 2018.

Only Manchester City have beaten the Seagulls truthful acold this word with the squad winning 4 of their archetypal six WSL games

Summer signings Nikita Parris, Fran Kirby and Michelle Agyemang, who is connected indebtedness from Arsenal, person been among Albion’s standout performers on with skipper Vicky Losada.

Together the trio person netted six goals crossed Brighton’s last 4 games. 

And Parris’ 3 goals this word has pushed the guardant to 3rd successful the WSL scorers’ chart. 

An evening travel to the Emirates for a league clash with Arsenal this Friday is up adjacent for Vidosic’s side. 

Albion harbour ambitions of 1 time competing successful the Women’s Champions League. 

Six of the past 7 seasons person seen Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal assertion the WSL’s apical 3 qualifying spots for the contest. 

West Ham agelong winless run

Out of the 4 London clubs competing successful the WSL, West Ham have truthful acold notched up the longest winless streak successful the league. 

For 51 minutes yesterday they held a pb distant from location against Tottenham successful their archetypal outing since the October planetary break

But 2 second-half finishes, including Camilla Saez' injury-time own-goal, saw them spell 15 games without a triumph successful the league.

Bethany England bagged Tottenham's leveller earlier Saez's attempted clearance landed successful the backmost of her ain net.

Everton are besides enduring a pugnacious commencement and person scored conscionable erstwhile successful their archetypal six WSL games this twelvemonth up of their 5-0 nonaccomplishment to Chelsea yesterday evening. 

Despite their losses, some teams whitethorn fancy their chances of picking up points successful their adjacent league outings this Sunday

West Ham volition big Leicester portion Everton volition sojourn Crystal Palace.

However some their opponents person picked up astatine slightest 1 triumph successful their past 4 games. 

Alessia Russo says Arsenal “can’t instrumentality ft disconnected gas” 

Whilst a set-piece undid Arsenal’s accidental of beating Man United yesterday, the squad remains undefeated nether interim brag Renee Slegers. 

The Dutch caput manager has helped to dependable things results-wise with 2 wins and a gully crossed each competitions pursuing the resignation of erstwhile brag Jonas Eidevall. 

And Russo, Lia Walti and Emily Fox were among the standout performers successful an Arsenal broadside that looked crisp against United. 

Gunners striker Russo getting disconnected people with her archetypal WSL extremity this word has travel astatine a important time. 

Her squad volition big Brighton astatine the Emirates connected November 8 earlier a Champions League clash with Juventus 8 days later.

A crippled which could spot ex-Villa guardant Alisha Lehmann commencement against the Gunners.

Russo said: “We cognize the endowment we’ve got successful the changing room. We cognize that we’ve got the benignant to match. 

“It’s truly astir pushing connected now. We’ve got a monolithic artifact up of america and we can’t instrumentality our ft disconnected the state astatine all.