Alessia Russo struck twice to lift Arsenal to a 2-1 win at Anfield and a climb to seventh in the WSL table.
Alessia Russo was the difference-maker at Anfield, scoring twice to hand Arsenal a 2-1 win over Liverpool in the Women's Super League.
The result was badly needed. Arsenal have had a stop-start campaign, and these three points lift them up to seventh in the table. Russo's brace gave them the cutting edge to take the points on a tricky away day.
Liverpool did get a goal of their own and made the contest a tense one. But Arsenal held firm to protect their advantage and leave Merseyside with the win.
For Arsenal, the task now is to turn this into a run of results. Seventh place is not where a club of their standing wants to be, and with Russo in form up front, they have a clear reason for optimism.
