Soccer-Manchester City beat hapless Arsenal 4-2 to stay top of WSL

Soccer Football - Women's Super League - Manchester City v Arsenal - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - October 4, 2026 Manchester City's Lauren Hemp celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates Action Images via Reuters/Ed Sykes

MANCHESTER, England, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Lauren Hemp ⁠scored twice as Manchester City came from behind on two occasions to beat Arsenal ⁠4-2 in the Women's Super League on Sunday, keeping the champions top of the ‌table heading into the international break after a fifth straight win from their opening five matches.

Arsenal went ahead through Lisa Baum in the 43rd minute, but City levelled when Hemp forced the ball home from a tight angle in first-half ​stoppage time.

Alessia Russo put the Gunners back in front four ⁠minutes after the break but again ⁠City came back, Kerstin Casparij equalising in the 63rd minute before Hemp put them in front for ⁠the ‌first time nine minutes later.

Striker Bunny Shaw sealed the three points in the 84th minute with her fifth goal of the season tocondemnArsenal, who are without a win since ⁠the opening day of the season, to their second straight defeat ​after losing 1-0 away to ‌Chelsea last week.

The loss leaves Arsenal in 10th spot on five points from five ⁠games after a ​dismal start to the campaign.

Earlier in the afternoon, Sonia Bompastor's Chelsea thumped West Ham United 3-0 to put them into second place, two points behind City. They took the lead thanks to a Melvine Malard strike ⁠and added two late goals through Keira Walsh and Maika ​Hamano.

London City Lionesses showed that they will be a force to be reckoned with in the title race, Alexia Putellas scoring twice in the first half of a 6-1 thrashing of Tottenham Hotspur, who ⁠were left shell-shocked by the pressing of the visitors.

Spurs had only conceded two goals in the first four outings, but they were hit for six as London City notched their third successive win in impressive fashion to move to third place on 12 points.

Charlton Athletic, who are still searching for ​their first point since being promoted, remain bottom of the 14-team ⁠table after a 5-1 hammering at the hands of Brighton & Hove Albion, with Kiko Seike scoring twice ​for the Seagulls.

Everton's strong start to the season continued with ‌a 2-1 win over Birmingham City that lifts ​them to fifth spot in the table on nine points, two ahead of cross-town rivals Liverpool, who lost 1-0 to Manchester United on Saturday.

(Reporting by Philip O'Connor in Stockholm)

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英格兰曼彻斯特，10 月 4 日（路透社）——劳伦·亨普梅开二度，帮助曼城女足在周日的女子超级联赛中两度落后的情况下以 4-2 击败阿森纳，卫冕冠军在开局五连胜后，以五连胜的战绩继续领跑积分榜，进入国际比赛日。

阿森纳在第 43 分钟由丽莎·鲍姆取得领先，但曼城在上半场补时阶段由亨普在小角度将球打入球门，扳平比分。

下半场开始四分钟后，阿莱西亚·鲁索帮助枪手再次领先，但曼城再次扳平比分，克斯汀·卡斯帕里在第63分钟扳平比分，九分钟后，亨普再次帮助曼城反超比分。

前锋邦妮·肖在第 84 分钟打入本赛季第五粒进球，锁定胜局，也让自赛季首轮以来未尝胜绩的阿森纳遭遇两连败。上周，阿森纳客场 0-1 负于切尔西。

这场失利让阿森纳在赛季开局糟糕之后，五场比赛积五分，排名第十。

当天下午早些时候，索尼娅·邦帕斯托执教的切尔西以3-0大胜西汉姆联，升至积分榜第二位，落后曼城两分。梅尔文·马拉德率先破门，随后凯拉·沃尔什和迈卡·哈马诺在比赛尾声再入两球，锁定胜局。

伦敦城女足展现了她们在冠军争夺战中的强大实力，阿莱克西娅·普特拉斯在上半场梅开二度，帮助球队以 6-1 大胜托特纳姆热刺，客队的猛烈攻势让热刺球员措手不及。

热刺在前四场比赛中只丢了两个球，但本场比赛却被伦敦城队攻入六球，后者以令人印象深刻的方式取得了三连胜，以 12 分升至积分榜第三位。

查尔顿竞技自升入英超以来仍在苦苦寻求第一个积分，在以 1-5 惨败给布莱顿和霍夫阿尔比恩后，他们仍然在 14 支球队的积分榜上垫底，海鸥队的基科·塞克梅开二度。

埃弗顿本赛季的强势开局仍在继续，他们以 2-1 战胜伯明翰城，以 9 分升至积分榜第五位，领先同城死敌利物浦 2 分。利物浦在周六以 0-1 负于曼联。

（菲利普·奥康纳在斯德哥尔摩报道）

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