Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women

Arsenal 11–1 Bristol City
Meadow Park (Borehamwood).jpg
The match was played at Meadow Park in Borehamwood.
Event2019–20 FA WSL
Date1 December 2019 (2019-12-01)
VenueMeadow Park, Borehamwood
RefereeHelen Conley
Attendance1,513

Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women was an eighth-round match in the 2019–20 Football Association Women's Super League (FA WSL) between Arsenal Women Football Club and Bristol City Women Football Club at Meadow Park, Borehamwood, on 1 December 2019. Arsenal's 11–1 win set a new league record scoreline, surpassing Liverpool's 9–0 defeat of Doncaster in 2013.

Dutch international striker Vivianne Miedema was involved in ten of the eleven Arsenal goals, which broke her own FA WSL record, previously set at five against Liverpool in September 2018. She scored a double hat-trick, a first in the league, and assisted four goals. Her six goals made her the highest-scoring non-British player in FA WSL history, overtaking South-Korean Ji So-yun. The other Arsenal scorers were Lisa Evans (twice), Leah Williamson, Jordan Nobbs, and Emma Mitchell. Yana Daniëls scored the only goal for Bristol.

BBC Sport called the match an "amazing 11–1 thrashing". The Guardian praised Miedema's performance as "one of the great individual displays of any era". The international press also covered the record-breaking game. The result put Arsenal top of the league on goal difference and left Bristol in eleventh place. The return match was never played, however, after The Football Association suspended the season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Arsenal ended the season in third position while Bristol finished in tenth position, narrowly avoiding relegation. Miedema became the 2019–20 FA WSL top scorer with sixteen goals. She was also named Women's Footballer of Year by the Football Writers' Association.

Background

In 2011 The Football Association (the FA) launched the FA Women's Super League (FA WSL), a semi-professional league of eight clubs. It replaced the FA Women's Premier League National Division as the highest level of women's football in England.[1] Arsenal Women Football Club won the first two editions of the FA WSL.[2][3] In 2019 they became league champions again, when they defeated Brighton & Hove Albion in their penultimate game of the 2018–19 FA WSL season.[4]

Bristol City Women's Football Club played in the inaugural FA WSL season under the name of Bristol Academy. After being relegated in 2015 they rebranded and won promotion back into the top league in 2016.[5] In the 2017–18 season Bristol drew their away game to Arsenal 1–1.[6] In the 2018–19 season they lost the fixture at Arsenal's home venue Meadow Park 4–0, allowing Arsenal's Dutch international striker Vivianne Miedema to score a hat-trick.[7] Bristol finished the 2018–19 season in sixth position.[8]

Arsenal started the 2019–20 season in September with a home win over West Ham United. Manager Joe Montemurro used his new signings Jill Roord, Manuela Zinsberger, and Leonie Maier, and brought on Jordan Nobbs who had been out with a serious injury sustained in November 2018.[9] The defending champions then managed successive wins against Manchester United and Brighton, before losing their away game at Chelsea. Wins over Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, and Liverpool gave them eighteen points from seven games.[10] By the end of November 2019 Chelsea lead the league with nineteen points. Arsenal were level with Manchester City on points, but behind on goal difference by seven, putting them in third position in the table.[11]

Bristol started the 2019–20 season in September with a draw with Brighton. Manager Tanya Oxtoby used her five new signings, Jasmine Matthews, Yana Daniëls, Charlie Wellings, Meaghan Sargeant, and Ebony Salmon, and said afterwards the players needed time to get used to each other.[12][13][14][15] They then lost to Everton and Chelsea, before drawing with Liverpool. Their away game against Tottenham Hotspur was narrowly lost, leaving Bristol on just two points from five games. They managed to earn another point for a 3–3 draw with Reading, but then lost again to Manchester City.[10][16] By the end of November winless Bristol were in tenth place, tied on three points with Birmingham City, but slightly ahead on goal difference.[10] Arsenal and Bristol had met on 21 November in the League Cup. Arsenal won that match 7–0.[17]

Match

Summary

The match between Arsenal and Bristol kicked off at 12:30 pm on Sunday 1 December 2019 in front of 1,513 spectators at Meadow Park.[18][19] Arsenal started the game in a 3–4–3 formation; Bristol in a 4–2–3–1 formation.[19] According to BBC Sport neither team had injured players.[18] In the second minute, Arsenal's Beth Mead had the first chance of the match to score but saw her attempt saved by goalkeeper Sophie Baggaley. This was quickly followed by two corners for the home team. Lisa Evans opened the scoring for Arsenal with a seventh minute header from close range, assisted by Miedema with a cross. Defender Leah Williamson doubled the lead three minutes later, again with a header, and again assisted by Miedema. The assist-maker then turned goal scorer herself in the fifteenth minute, with a right-footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner, off an assist from Lia Wälti. Miedema scored the fourth goal of the match from very close range after receiving a pass from Mead. Miedema's first hat-trick of the day came in the thirty-sixth minute, after she scored another goal at close range. Arsenal went into the half-time break with a 5–0 lead.[18]

External video
video icon Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Highlights, YouTube video from Arsenal

No changes were made to either team during half time. Miedema resumed scoring six minutes into the second half, with a right-footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. The assist came from Daniëlle van de Donk with a through ball. Nobbs became the fourth goalscorer of the game to make it 7–0 three minutes later with a right-footed shot, having been passed the ball by the Dutch striker. Miedema and Evans then assisted each other. First Evans set up Miedema to score 8–0. Next, on the hour mark, Miedema's chip over the defence set up the sprinting Evans for her second goal of the day, making it 9–0.[20][18] Miedema scored her sixth goal (and second hat-trick) four minutes later to send Arsenal to double figures. When manager Montemurro subbed her off the pitch, she received a standing ovation.[18][21] Her substitute, Emma Mitchell, scored the home team's final goal of the match with an assist from Mead, making it 11–0. Bristol was awarded a late penalty after their Belgian international striker Daniëls was brought down in the box by goalkeeper Zinsberger. Daniëls scored the 11–1 on the rebound of her own penalty kick, giving Bristol a consolation goal. According to BBC Sport, by the end of the game Arsenal had made thirty-four shots, an average of one every three minutes.[18][22]

Match details

Arsenal11–1Bristol City
Report
Referee: Helen Conley
Arsenal[18]
Bristol City[18]
GK 1 Manuela Zinsberger
CB 13 Lia Wälti
CB 6 Leah Williamson Substituted off 66'
CB 5 Jennifer Beattie Substituted off 65'
RWB 14 Jill Roord
CM 22 Viktoria Schnaderbeck
CM 7 Daniëlle van de Donk
CM 8 Jordan Nobbs
LWB 17 Lisa Evans
CF 11 Vivianne Miedema Substituted off 70'
CF 23 Beth Mead
Substitutes:
GK 18 Pauline Peyraud-Magnin
DF 5 Emma Mitchell Substituted in 70'
DF 16 Louise Quinn Substituted in 65'
MF 20 Leonie Maier Substituted in 66'
MF 10 Kim Little
Manager:
Joe Montemurro
GK 1 Sophie Baggaley
DF 2 Loren Dykes
DF 4 Jasmine Matthews
DF 5 Frankie Brown
MF 8 Carla Humphrey
FW 9 Ebony Salmon Substituted off 67'
FW 10 Yana Daniëls
FW 11 Charlie Wellings Substituted off 80'
DF 12 Florence Allen Substituted off 57'
DF 16 Meaghan Sargeant
MF 25 Olivia Chance
Substitutes:
GK 13 Eartha Cumings
DF 3 Gemma Evans
DF 18 Maisy Collis Substituted in 57'
MF 19 Katie Robinson Substituted in 80'
MF 20 Georgia Wilson Substituted in 67'
DF 7 Poppy Pattinson
MF 22 Ellie-Mai Sanford
Manager:
Tanya Oxtoby

Match rules[23]

  • 90 minutes
  • No extra time or penalties
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions

Statistics

Statistics[18] Arsenal Bristol City
Goals scored 11 1
Total shots 34 5
Shots on target 16 2
Ball possession 74% 26%
Corner kicks 12 3
Fouls conceded 2 2
Yellow cards 0 0
Red cards 0 0

Records

The match resulted in six league records. The final score was a record scoreline, surpassing Liverpool's 9–0 defeat of Doncaster in 2013.[18] It was also the highest winning margin in league history.[24] It was the first time a team scored double figures.[25] Miedema became the first player to score a double hat-trick.[26] Her ten goal involvements (six goals, four assists) broke the previous record of five, which she set in September 2018 against Liverpool (three goals, two assists).[18] Miedema surpassed South-Korean Ji So-yun as the highest-scoring non-British player in league history.[27]

Post-match

Reactions

BBC Sport called the match an "amazing 11–1 thrashing" and singled out Miedema for her "remarkable individual performance". They thought her fourth goal was the best of the match, a goal The Independent described as "wonderful" and which was named Goal of the Match by the FA.[18][19][28] The Times wrote it was difficult to find fresh superlatives to describe Miedema and called her "unplayable".[29] The Guardian wrote that the "collective was clicking like never before", displaying "crisp instinctive passing", and describing Miedema's as "one of the great individual displays of any era",[20] an assessment echoed by The Telegraph and goal.com.[22][30] The international press also reacted. ESPN labelled Miedema's performance as a "stunning solo display of attacking football".[25] Dutch football magazine Voetbal International called her "inimitable".[21] German football magazine Kicker said it was something Messi, Ronaldo, and Lewandowski can only dream of.[31] Eurosport wrote she further proved her credentials as a nominee for the Ballon d'Or Féminin.[32]

Woman in football kit with ball
Miedema during an Arsenal home game, February 2020

In a post-match interview Miedema said: "The last few games have been really difficult for us, so it was important to raise the goal difference. I felt really good. I was probably happier with the assists than with the goals. We created more space with three-at-the-back. We knew where we could get at Bristol having played them recently. We’ve got the players to play three or four at the back which really helps."[19] Looking back on the game after the season had ended she said it had felt like a training game.[33]

Bristol manager Oxtoby said her team did not follow the game plan, resulting in an unacceptable performance. She described the players and staff as "devastated", adding "We need to move on because, from my perspective, there's nothing to be learned from that."[18]

Aftermath

After the match, Arsenal moved from third to first in the table with twenty-one points. Chelsea had their game against Everton postponed because of a frozen pitch, keeping them on nineteen points.[18] Manchester City recorded a 1–0 win over Liverpool, which was not enough to keep their goal difference advantage over Arsenal.[34] Bristol dropped from tenth to eleventh owing to goal difference. Miedema kept her position as the league's top goalscorer with ten goals, and top assist maker with seven assists.[18][35] Her double hat-trick brought her season goal total across all competitions, club and Dutch national team, to twenty-eight from sixteen games.[21]

In the following rounds, Arsenal kept their top league position with subsequent wins over Reading, Everton, Birmingham, and Brighton.[10] But on 19 January 2020 they lost 1–4 at home to Chelsea, allowing Manchester City to take the lead.[36] A second loss in a row, a 2–1 defeat away at Manchester City, saw Arsenal drop to third in the table.[37] On 13 February Arsenal won their away game at Liverpool.[38] The following weekend Arsenal's game with Reading was postponed.[10] Manchester City and Chelsea did play each other and drew 3–3. This meant that Manchester City topped the table with forty points from sixteen matches, followed by Chelsea with thirty-nine from fifteen, and Arsenal with thirty-three points from fifteen.[39]

After 23 February no more matches of the 2019–20 season were played.[10] The return match between Bristol and Arsenal, scheduled for 22 March, was postponed as on 13 March the FA suspended the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10][40] On 5 June, Chelsea were declared champions, based on points per games average, ahead of Manchester City and Arsenal. Because Arsenal did not finish in the top two, the team did not qualify for the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League. Miedema's sixteen goals in the abbreviated season earned her the league's Golden Boot award for most goals scored. She was also named Women's Footballer of Year by the Football Writers' Association[41] and Professional Footballers' Association Fans' Player of the Year.[42]

Bristol finished the terminated season in tenth position, narrowly avoiding relegation.[43] After their record-breaking defeat against Arsenal in December they recorded one more defeat, against Birmingham, before achieving their first league win of the season against Manchester United. Losses to Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester City followed. On 23 February Bristol beat Birmingham, climbing from the bottom of the table to tenth position, with nine points from fourteen games.[44] Liverpool, bottom with six points from fourteen games, were relegated based on points per game.[43]

See also

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