Arsenal are back on top of the table but victory over West Ham papered over defensive issues while Chelsea are back in form
Arsenal shot back to the top of the league with a 4-2 win over West Ham, but this was a far from perfect performance. The teams went into half-time at 2-2, and the leaders were then given what their usually mild-mannered manager, Joe Montemurro, described as their biggest telling-off of the season. He spent much of the last two weeks training against long balls and set pieces, only to watch his side twice fail to deal with long kicks from the West Ham goalkeeper, Becky Spencer, which released the Swiss forward Alisha Lehmann to set up Scotland’s Jane Ross for two sublime finishes. Arsenal have strengthened their defence with the Danish international Janni Arnth, who scored the side’s second goal on her debut, but despite conceding only nine goals in their 11 WSL games there is work to do at the back.
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