KIM LITTLE kept Arsenal’s unbeaten show on the road with West Ham falling prey to the relentless Gunners.
The Meadow Park captain notched up her 50th WSL goal as the league leaders snuffed out the Hammers’ bright start to win 4-0.
And the home side kept their fifth clean sheet in the top-flight this season.
Arsenal boss Jonas Eidevall said: “I thought Kim Little was brilliant. She’s so dynamic in midfield and with her defensive runs.
She takes the best positioning and it really glues the different units together.
“Kim is so impressive with her dynamics when she gets on the ball.
“She’s a very hard player to defend against and played a huge part in the victory
On the clean sheet, Eidevall added: Everything in football starts with having a solid defence and not conceding easy goals.
“I want us to work very hard, every game to keep a clean sheet.”
The Irons – who stunned Man City last time out – were hoping to end a top-flight losing streak with their hosts having beaten them in all five of their WSL duels.
They began positively pressing Eidevall’s juggernauts early on.
And they came close to netting inside the fifth minute with Claudia Walker aiming to take advantage of temporary disarray in Arsenal’s defence before a Tameka Yallop chip was caught by Manuela Zinsberger.
But Arsenal began to take control with Caitlin Foord forcing a quality reaction save from Mackenzie Arnold in the 20th minute.
And their dominance paid off with Beth Mead teeing up Little who breezed past her marker to bury Arsenal’s opener close to half-time.
The second half began much like the first with the Irons making a good start with Dagny Brynarsdottir evading Leah Williamson to head over the bar.
But the hosts extended their lead with Little bagging her 50th Women’s Super League goal in the 51st minute, her eleventh across all competitions this term.
But the hosts came close to conceding shortly after when Williamson lost possession before Brynarsdottir’s shot was blocked and Yallop sent a curled strike wide.
At the other end, Mead prompted another classy save from Arnold who got her fingertips to the forward’s shot.
But there was little the Australia keeper could do about Mead’s next attempt with Nikita Parris finding her in space with the England ace punting in Arsenal’s third.
And a Grace Fisk own goal wrapped up a clinical performance for the Gunners who moved three points clear of Chelsea before their trip to Tottenham.
The result saw the hosts extend their lead at the top by three points with West Ham sitting sixth ahead of their clash with Reading.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
