Manchester City made it five Women’s Super League wins in a row after cruising to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
Jess Park opened the scoring in the 40th minute with a highlight-reel effort as she thundered the ball into the top-left corner from 25 yards out and Jill Roord doubled the visitors’ advantage five minutes after the restart with a low finish
Katie Stengel came closest for this season’s top-flight newcomers, clipping the near post in the second half of a contest that saw 2,775 fans flock to the Eagles main venue.
Park then turned provider, setting up Khadija Shaw who nodded home City’s third in the 73rd minute and they comfortably saw the game out to stay top of the table.
In Sunday’s early kick-off, Manchester United substitute Melvine Malard snatched an 83rd-minute equaliser to earn her side a 1-1 draw with Arsenal, after former United striker Alessia Russo got the Gunners goal in an intriguing clash.
Given a hostile reception by many home fans, Russo had a number of good chances before breaking the deadlock with a tidy finish in the 63rd minute as Arsenal dominated their hosts.
United struggled to threaten the Gunners goal until Malard got enough on Rachel Williams’s header from a corner to steer it past Daphne Van Domselaar and into the net.
Elsewhere, Brighton maintained their impressive start to the season by winning 1-0 at home to Leicester thanks to a goal from England striker Nikita Parris and an injury-time own goal from Camila Saez gave Tottenham a 2-1 win over West Ham.
Aston Villa’s search for a first league win of the season after a first-half double from Taylor Hinds secured Liverpool a 2-1 victory. Fellow struggles Everton, meanwhile, were thrashed 5-0 by a rampant Chelsea side who continued a perfect WSL start under Sonia Bompastor.
Additional reporting by Reuters
