Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! The dream of retaining the UWCL crown went out of the window on Saturday, when the Arsenal Women team surrendered to a better equipped, more experienced and more clinical Olympique Lyonnes, in France. Kim Little and her teammates were valiant, full of courage but came short against a team that was […]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! Football was back this week, after the last international break of the season, and the Gunners made sure they were ready for the big game. Hosting Olympique Lyonnes at the Emirates Stadium for the first leg of the UWCL semifinals, Arsenal Women were quick off the blocks and reacted superbly when […]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! Arsenal Women recorded their 11th consecutive win in all competitions, courtesy of a resounding 5-2 defeat of Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates Stadium. Alessia Russo, Caitlin Foord and Stina Blackstenius were among the goals in what has become over time a very familiar scoreline for a home North London Derby, and […]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! Renée Slegers and her players completed a remarkable week with three wins in as many games to book a place in the knock-out phase of the UWCL and the quarterfinals of the FA Cup. To use the head coach words, the team “finished the block” in a stylish way and are […]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! Another week, another big win for the Gunners, who got the better of league leaders Manchester City one week after winning the inaugural FIFA Women Champions Cup. That was a massive performance from Renée Slegers and her players, who dominated the visitors in the first half and managed to protect the […]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! Our girls returned from the international break and won comfortably against Leicester City at the King Power Stadium, recording their third consecutive win in all competitions. Goals from Alessia Russo and Stina Blackstenius, plus an own goal from the host, saw the Gunners breeze past Leicester and remain within touching distance […]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! Another day, another defeat for Renée Slegers and her players, who are now on a four-games winless streak. Facing OL Lyonnes at Meadow Park was always being a challenge but gifting them two goals made it unnecessarily hard. All things considered, it was an even contest between two high-quality teams, but […]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! While an away draw at Manchester United wasn’t such a bad result, the home draw against Aston Villa has a whole different taste to it, also because the visitors struck at the very end. It is not to say they didn’t deserve their point, though: Aston Villa had several chances to […]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! As soon as the starting XI came out, everyone could sense a difficult afternoon at Villa Park. By making seven changes to the team that put four goals past Lyon and qualified for the UWCL final, Renée Slegers decided to rest her heroes and give valuable minutes to players usually relegated […]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! Not sure about you, but I haven’t quite recovered from last night: the control, assertiveness, purpose and intensity of the team’s performance in such a big occasion has left me in awe of the players, the coach and the staff. Overcoming a two goals deficit against a team that is very, […]
