If there was one area which could be described as a somewhat surprising cause for concern for Arsenal so far this season, it was that we seemed to be starting matches slower than fans are accustomed to seeing, often giving our opponents the unnecessary chance to settle into the game.
With a safe lead, and perhaps remembering that fact that the squad was currently stretched fairly thin, we began to ease our foot a little bit on the gas.

That sense of team camaraderie is something I truly love to see from footballers at any level.

But to have these players from America coming over which hasn’t really happened in past years is great for the game. So clinical was the pair’s performance in Arsenal's 5-0 hammering of Brighton last week that even captain Little, who is yet to share a pitch with Gut after being plagued recently by her own hamstring problem, hailed it as “rock solid”. For Spurs, the main absentee of note remained Alex Morgan, who is still yet to feature on the pitch since her arrival. “It was very special,” recalled Little. Arsenal manager Joe Montemurro confirmed that he expects defender Leah Williamson to be fit for Saturday’s FA Cup quarter-final against Sp*rs on Saturday evening. It would not only seem fitting to unleash her for this sentimental fixture, but it is sorely needed: Tottenham are yet to score against Arsenal since their promotion to the women’s top flight in 2019. This move ensured that our back line was still completely solid and able to bail us out in the unlikely event of a rapid Tottenham counterattack, while still giving us more than enough bodies in midfield to keep our opponents under constant pressure. North London Derby Demolition as Miedema Makes History. The Gunners, however, were suffering from an extensive list of injuries, with right-backs Leonie Maier and Noelle Maritz recently joining the ranks of sidelined players; as a result, we were able to name only four substitutes on our bench. The final moment, of course, was the occasion itself of Vivianne Miedema becoming the league’s record goalscorer, and it was made all the better by the fact that she did so by finishing off a typical, free-flowing Arsenal move, Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur   KO: 14:30 GMT   Meadow Park, Arsenal: Zinsberger, Schnaderbeck, Williamson, Beattie, McCabe, Walti (c), Gut, Van de Donk, Mead, Miedema, Foord, Substitutes: Williams, Wubben-Moy, Mace, Denton, Tottenham Hotspur: Spencer (c), Zadorsky, Harrop, Filbey, Davison, Dean, Percival, Addison, Kennedy, Quinn, Neville, Substitutes: Whitehouse, Leon, Green, Williams, Worm, Ayane, Sulola, Arsenal faced Manchester City for the first time since the FA Cup Semi-Final 2-0 victory, ... Read more, After five games, three victories, and two defeats, it would not normally spell a particularly ... Read more, Tactical Analysis: Arsenal's Learning Curve on Display vs City, Arsenal Show Shoots of Progress Early, With More to Come. Arsenal also fashioned a couple of chances soon afterwards, but were denied by some equally excellent reflex saves from Spencer. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. One could see how much it meant to Viv and the entire squad to mark her achievement in such a memorable way, and it was all smiles in the Gunners’ camp as we went into half-time with a comfortable 5-0 lead. As the north London derby looks set to be a thoroughly lopsided affair in Sunday’s Women’s Super League action (Watch live, 9:30 am ET, online via NBCSports.com), perhaps we will finally see Alex Morgan make her Spurs debut against Arsenal and level the playing field ever so slightly. The circumstances surrounding the first north London Derby of the new Women’s Super League season on Sunday could not be more removed from … Foord was clean through with just the keeper to beat, but instead unselfishly laid the ball on a plate for Miedema to tap the ball into a completely empty net (Figure 6) and become the only WSL player to complete a first-half hat trick on two occasions (since Miedema herself in the famous 11-1 thrashing of Bristol City last season). More interestingly, however, was the fact that we also subtly changed to a 3-4-3 at times; this was done by sending McCabe and Schnaderbeck up into midfield alongside Gut and Van de Donk, with Lia Walti dropping into the centre of defence between Beattie and Williamson. “There's been a real excitement that Malin’s found a rhythm of the pace of the game she's not used to, but more importantly in terms of her understanding and maturity of her positioning,” added Montemurro. Tottenham showed brief flashes of growing into the game and had a couple of speculative efforts at goal, but they were handled without much trouble by Zinsberger and the back four.

A 10/10 performance from our #11. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. It's definitely up there with one of the best memories I've had playing. [more]. Aside from the hat-trick, she also played a key role in both of Caitlin Foord’s goals and could be regularly seen to drop back not only to midfield, but sometimes to our own defensive third just to win the ball back and start another Arsenal attack. Walti, wearing the armband for the day with Little and Nobbs both missing out, continued as our ever-present midfield general, with Van de Donk and Gut slightly ahead of her, and as always, Vivianne Miedema led the attack flanked by Beth Mead and Caitlin Foord in a 4-3-3. The final moment, of course, was the occasion itself of Vivianne Miedema becoming the league’s record goalscorer, and it was made all the better by the fact that she did so by finishing off a typical, free-flowing Arsenal move, Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur   KO: 14:30 GMT   Meadow Park, Arsenal: Zinsberger, Schnaderbeck, Williamson, Beattie, McCabe, Walti (c), Gut, Van de Donk, Mead, Miedema, Foord, Substitutes: Williams, Wubben-Moy, Mace, Denton, Tottenham Hotspur: Spencer (c), Zadorsky, Harrop, Filbey, Davison, Dean, Percival, Addison, Kennedy, Quinn, Neville, Substitutes: Whitehouse, Leon, Green, Williams, Worm, Ayane, Sulola, Arsenal faced Manchester City for the first time since the FA Cup Semi-Final 2-0 victory, ... Read more, After five games, three victories, and two defeats, it would not normally spell a particularly ... Read more, Tactical Analysis: Arsenal's Learning Curve on Display vs City, Arsenal Show Shoots of Progress Early, With More to Come. Although Leon scored a consolation goal 13 minutes from time after some poor marking at a set-piece (their first-ever goal against us, by the way), it could not take away from an otherwise professional and dominant performance from the Gunners, who comfortably saw out the remainder of the match and extended our perfect start to the campaign with 5 wins out of 5, the only side in the division yet to drop any points as we go into the international break. Leah Williamson, who always looks out for such opportunities, played another one of her trademark long balls over the top, which Foord latched onto and made no mistake as she calmly rolled the ball past the helpless Rebecca Spencer and into the bottom corner (Figure 4). Pep Guardiola once claimed that Tottenham were “the Harry Kane team”, but that jibe is redundant now Gareth Bale is back in north London.

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