Arsenal Clinch Champions League Spot with Dominant Win Over Leicester1 min read
Arsenal secured the Women’s Super League’s third and final Champions League place with a comfortable home win over Leicester.
In front of 42,820 fans at Emirates Stadium, Jonas Eidevall’s side kept up the pressure on Chelsea and Manchester City at the top thanks to goals from Lionesses Beth Mead, who scored twice, and Alessia Russo.
Arsenal are six points behind leaders City with nine points to play for – and face Gareth Taylor’s side in their penultimate match on 5 May.
Mead opened the scoring with a crisp finish, collecting a pass from Caitlin Foord and clipping past Leicester goalkeeper Lize Kop.
England team-mate Russo started the game in a number 10 role behind Stina Blackstenius but added the second after moving up front, smashing in low and hard after good play from Steph Catley.
And Mead made it three just four minutes later, chipping in from three yards after Kop had denied Russo with an excellent save.
