Man City Women won 2-1 away to Everton at Goodison Park, replacing Chelsea at the top of the Barclays WSL table.
London City Lionesses 4-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Liverpool 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
West Ham United 1-1 Leicester City
Everton 1-2 Manchester City
Manchester City secured a hard-fought victory away to Everton to hit top spot in the league. Vivianne Miedema gave City the lead after a perfect pass from Iman Beney, Kelly Gago’s clever flick from Toni Payne’s cross levelling the scores before the break. Khadija Shaw missed a great chance to put City back ahead, but after the break buried a header from Leila Ouahabi’s cross. Everton’s Ornella Vignola struck the foot of the post, but there would be no leveller.
London City Lionesses moved within three points of fifth-placed Tottenham Hotspur, whom they eventually saw off. Freya Gregory guided the ball home for the Lionesses when Spurs failed to deal with a corner, but the visitors levelled with a penalty close to half-time. Saki Kumagai brought down Drew Spence in the area, and Cathinka Tandberg converted the spot kick. The lead was restored soon after the break when Gregory’s ball across the box was slid home by Nikita Parris on her 200th WSL appearance. Tottenham equalised for the second time when Eveliina Summanen curled in a 20-yard free kick. But they fell behind again due to Amanda Nilden’s own-goal, after which Gregory doubled her tally by curling home City’s fourth.
Liverpool seemed to be heading for their first win of the season but had to settle for an opening point, as Brighton struck back very late on. Beata Olsson gave Liverpool a first-half breakthrough from Lily Woodham’s cross but in added time Rosa Kafaji replied for Brighton off a cross delivered by Nadine Noordam.
West Ham also missed out on their first victory after a late equaliser by Leicester City. Shekiera Martinez put the Hammers ahead six minutes into the second half, assisted by a cross from Anouk Denton. However, Shannon O’Brien got the Foxes’ leveller when capitalising on a set piece by Sari Kees.