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Stirring comeback victory for Gunners
Arsenal's Leah Williamson (right) try's to reach the ball as Arsenal's Vivianne Miedema (far left) goes on to score
Arsenal 2-1 Brighton
by Layth Yousif
at Meadow Park
ARSENAL Women showed character with a stirring comeback to beat Brighton 2-1 on Thursday evening.
In front of a crowd of 1,617 at a chilly Meadow Park, two second-half goals from Viv Miedema and the outstanding Beth Mead turned around a first-half deficit, after Emma Koivisto ended Albion’s eight-game goal drought to open the scoring.
The much-needed victory for Jonas Eidevall’s side was only their second in eight games, but sent the Gunners four points clear at the top of the Women’s Super League.
Bournemouth merited their triumph over Mikel Arteta’s underwhelming Gunners who had one eye very much on their crucial Champions League clash v PSG
