Overview
- Arsenal beat Aston Villa 3-0 at Villa Park to lock in a top-three Women’s Super League finish and a place in next season’s UEFA Women’s Champions League.
- Alessia Russo scored twice and Frida Maanum added one, with goals arriving in the 4th, 35th and 52nd minutes.
- The result keeps alive a late push to overtake Chelsea for second, with a game in hand against Everton set for the Emirates in midweek.
- The emphatic display followed a hard week that featured a Champions League semi-final exit to Lyon and a 1-1 draw at Brighton that sealed Manchester City’s title.
- Manager Renée Slegers’ tweaks, including a start for goalkeeper Anneke Borbe, preceded near-total control as Arsenal outshot Villa 28-1 and recorded 50 box touches to five.