MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Vivianne Miedema and Katie McCabe scored in the second half to give Arsenal a 2-0 win away to Manchester United on Sunday that kept the Gunners top of the FA Women’s Super League, their seventh victory in eight league games this season.
Without a league win since beating Birmingham City 2-0 on Oct. 3, United kept the visitors scoreless in the opening 45 minutes, but Dutch striker Miedema drove home a low shot three minutes into the second half to break the deadlock.
Nine minutes later McCabe was fouled in the box to earn a penalty, and the Irish international dusted herself down before firing the spot-kick beyond the dive of Mary Earps.
Arsenal stayed top of the table on 22 points, with the rest of the weekend’s fixtures due to be played later on Sunday.
(Reporting by Philip O’Connor, editing by Ed Osmond)
