Arsenal end seven-year wait for another Women’s Super League title
Arsenal Women clinched the Super League title for the first time since 2012 with a 4-0 victory over Brighton.Vivianne Miedema opened the scoring with her 22nd goal of the season after six minutes, the Dutch striker hitting a thunderous shot from the edge of the area which went in off the underside of the crossbar.And the 22-year-old then turned provider after half an hour, setting up team-mate Katie McCabe to double the visitors lead at the Amex Stadium.Our seven-year wait is finally overARSENAL ARE @FAWSL CHAMPIONS AGAIN! pic.twitter.com/Lt3seV1U9A Arsenal Women (@ArsenalWFC) April 28, 2019Beth Mead made it 3-0 with a superb long-range effort and Danielle Van De Donk completed the rout in front of a record crowd of 5,265.Miedema told BT Sport: I came to Arsenal to win the league but I dont think Ive realised what weve done yet.Im happy weve done it and weve done it with a 4-0 win. Joe (Montemurro) changed a lot when he came in, so he has to take a lot of credit, but more than anything he really made us believe in ourselves.Goalscorer Beth Mead celebrates with a life long Arsenal fan (Mark Kerton/PA)Fellow goalscorer Mead added: Its hard to describe right now but its been a long time coming everyones ecstatic. Joe says weve had a lot of ups and downs as a group with injuries and things like that so enjoy the moment.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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