13 December 2020

As it happened: Manchester City 2-1 Arsenal after Reading 1-2 Manchester United

Check out what happened in the two biggest games of the weekend in the Women’s Super League through our live blog below.

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Manchester City 1-1 Arsenal

55 min: Bronze gets a touch on it but it trickles away for a goal kick. 

Surely Arsenal can’t play like this for another 35 minutes?

Manchester City 1-1 Arsenal

58 min: Hemp spins away from Mead and drives at the heart of Arsenal’s backline. She slides the ball towards Stanway but just gets too much on it and it rolls away from the Manchester City striker.

Manchester City 1-1 Arsenal

61 min: Hemp forces another corner for Manchester City. Greenwood delivers and Miedema heads clear.

Manchester City 1-1 Arsenal

62 min: SUB! Ellen White is coming on for Lauren Hemp. Match winner?

Manchester City 1-1 Arsenal

64 min: Kelly finds White in space inside the penalty area but she strayed offside. This game is there for someone to grab by the scruff of the neck.

Manchester City 1-1 Arsenal

65 min: Stanway uses her pace to blitz past Maier but she can’t find the finish and it’s behind for another corner.

Manchester City 1-1 Arsenal

66 min: CHANCE! Kelly with another superb ball right across the face of the goal and it’s just beyond Caroline Weir at the far post.

Manchester City 1-1 Arsenal

68 min: Weir tries to lob Williams from 35 yards as the Arsenal keeper is out of her goal. It’s a decent effort but a fair distance wide of the post.

Manchester City 1-1 Arsenal

71 min: City come forward again but Kelly fails to slide Mewis in, way too much on the pass. The hosts have lacked a cutting edge at times today.

Manchester City 1-1 Arsenal

73 min: This second half has been all City. There’s not a great deal in the final third from the hosts but they are trying to win the game. Arsenal look more than happy with a point.

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