The WSL this week saw the gap at the top close in on Chelsea with both Manchester clubs picking up all three points from their games. We also saw Arsenal get back to winning ways after a tough battle against a strong looking Brighton side. London City picked up another three points to see them move up the league table. Elsewhere the hunt for the first points of the season continue for both West Ham United & Liverpool. 

This weekend all the WSL games were played on Sunday with four of the games being 12 o'clock kickoffs, seemingly a strange move from the league with it being the men's international break, imagine the attendances and viewership on TV if those four games were spread out across the weekend, it actually took us a while to decide which 12 o'clock game to watch and I am sure a lot of other people will have faced that same struggle. 

Anyway here is a look at the games this weekend...

Aston Villa 0-0 Leicester City

The only goalless game of the weekend came in the game between Aston Villa & Leicester City. Unfortunately this was one of the games that we didn't get the chance to watch due to it clashing with others however, it seems like Villa were on top throughout the game with just over 60% of possession and 17 shots throughout the game for Villa it is hard to believe there were no goals in this one. 

Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham 

Tottenham managed to keep league leaders Chelsea to a 1-0 result where the goal came from a Keira Walsh wonder strike, the only type of goals that Walsh seems to score. Chelsea dominated this game with a total of 27 shots however, only 4 of these recorded as on target. This loss is only Tottenham's second of the season after 6 games, which is definitely an improvement on last season.

London City 1-0 West Ham

West Ham are yet to win a game this season and you can't help but wonder when that first win is actually going to happen for the club. After a rough start to life in the WSL London City Lionesses seem to be finding their feet and those new signings are gelling to help the club get those much needed results. This game was a close one in terms of possession but Asllani's 68th minute goal secured the 3 points for London City Lionesses.

Everton 1 - 4 Manchester United

This game really was a tale of two halves. In the first half Everton were all over United and took the lead in the 16th minute, throughout the whole of the first half and the opening 10 minutes of the second half Everton looked the biggest threat... things then changed though after Malard equalized for United. The pressure was applied from United after the equalizer and we saw the United we are used to seeing, the pressure paid off in the 70th minute when Park forced an own goal from Kitagawa. The second goal seemed to spur United on even more with Park adding two goals of her own in the 84th & 89th minute taking the score line to 4-1 to United, a score we certainly didn't expect after watching the first half.

Arsenal 1 - 0 Brighton Hove Albion

Arsenal managed to end their losing streak this weekend with a 1-0 victory over Brighton Hove Albion. A 15th minute own goal from Olislagers is what sealed the win for Arsenal however, Brighton put up a good fight in this game and had some chances of their own. Things just seem a bit disjointed for Arsenal at the moment and this honestly showed during this game as they were nowhere near their best. Unfortunately this game saw Brighton's Mpome stretchered off after a ball to the head from close range so fingers crossed for a speedy recovery for Mpome.

Liverpool 1- 2 Manchester City 

The final WSL game of the weekend saw Liverpool take on Manchester City at Anfield in a game that didn't disappoint. The first half was pretty end to end at times with neither team able to convert their chances. Kapocs opened the scoring for Liverpool with a fantastic header in the 52nd minute. Man City then realised they needed to get back into the game and applied plenty of pressure which eventually broke through Liverpool's back line in the 64th minute. Beney found herself on the score sheet once again for City after pouncing on a loose ball from the Liverpool 'keeper. It looked like the game was heading to a stalemate until City found the break through goal in the minute with Fujino finding the back of the net with a great goal. There was late drama though with Liverpool finding the back of the net with one of the finally kicks of the game however, scorer Bonner was in an offside position and the goal was cancelled out leaving Liverpool still looking for their first points of the season.

Al round it has been a great weekend in the WSL and it is already looking like it could be a tightly contested league at both ends of the table. We are now heading into the Subway cup games & the international break so the WSL is not back in action until the beginning of November. Let's see what the cup games & international break have in store for us...