Everton Women 1-3 Arsenal: WSL-Match report and reaction

Brian Sorensen felt his team lost to the best team in the league when Everton Women went to Arsenal in a sold-out Walton Hall Park in a competitive WSL game.

Toni Payne's first Everton goal canceled Alessia Russo's Opener, only for an unfortunate Martina Fernandez goal and a second for Russo during the interruption time to ensure that it would be Renee Slegers' team who would return to London with all three points.

Sorensen changed the team, which last time won a 2-0 win against Aston Villa, and Justine Vanhaevermaet replaced Heather Payne in the middle of the park.

But the blues competed in good shape against an Arsenal machine, which the Toffees trainer was open and honest.

“I said it to the girls yesterday; If you [Arsenal] Make it right, you are the best team in the league in terms of your press in which you are in possession. They are really difficult to play, ”he said.

“You also moved the ball well today, you had a good pitch to play, and we were probably not defensive in our best compared to our way we were. And in some of the transition moments [of the game] We never really gained a foothold.

“A hard night, but we have a lot of new players, many of them play arsenal for the first time, so they have to learn to get used to the pace and physicality.

“You won fair and square today and we have to be happy, we still have so much to improve. I am disappointed, we didn't get anything, but we made a game out of it, at least until the last 15 minutes. ”

Everton started Hell and had the first sensible attempt at the evening through Honoka Hayashi.

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The Japanese international forced Manuela Zinsberger after a clever exchange between her, Sara Holmgaard and Kelly Gago, which meant that the midfielder led half a volley from the edge of the box, which was well gone from the Gunners' stop.

But it would be the in-form Russo that opened the goal with her 17th goal in 24 minutes when she converted Kim Little's Low Cross to Courtney Brosnan.

However, the hosts were not sorry and 12 minutes later they issued the procedure. Payne has used the goal, but the Nigeria star brews a large part of her first goal through the persistence of Katja Snoeijs.

The Netherlands national player chose Lia Walti's bag through her relentless press and found Kelly Gago to the right. For the first time, Snoeijs fell on the advance and fell in the way of Payne, who passed the ball from a short distance to Zinsberger.

Arsenal started the second 45, but bumped into the impressive Brosnan, who continued to show why she is a lot of people for Everton's player of the season.

Chloe Kelly's curling Drive decreased by Snoeijs, but the goalkeeper's reflections were as sharp as always to make the rescue when the ball looked for the network.

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Clare Wheeler's return to the campaign after an injury showed a great cheer of the Everton believers when she replaced Snoeijs in 62 minutes, but the joy of the fans would be short-lived when Arsenal regained the lead 60 seconds later.

The dangerous cross of Sub Caitlin Foord met Fernandez on the back post, which happened to endure the ball on the net, much to dismay the toffees.

With the game of the game, Brosnan had to be vigilant to keep her side in Outleinins for ten minutes, which Stina Blackstenius refused to go with a clever stop.

But the star of the Republic of Ireland was beaten by Russo when the game went into added time. The England star adhered to a through ball before rounding off the overrun goalkeeper to knock into the empty network.

Bottom placed crystal palace are next for the blues. The Eagles travel to Walton Hall Park on Saturday, March 22nd.

The kick-off for the WSL game takes place at 2 p.m. (GMT).