Tottenham 1-1 Arsenal: Thrilling North London derby kicks off huge weekend in the Women’s Super League

The FA via Getty Images
Jonathan Gorrie13 November 2021

Tottenham’s thrilling draw at home to Arsenal kicked off a showpiece weekend in the Women’s Super League.

Vivianne Miedema rescued a point for the away side, who drop their first points of the season, but that does not tell the whole story.

Indeed, while Arsenal dominated the first-half, Spurs’ resolute defence meant their chances were of reasonably low quality, albeit only the woodwork denied Beth Mead from a stunning free-kick and Katie McCabe later in the first-half.

When Rachel Williams opened the scoring just after the hour mark, it felt like Arsenal were never going to find a way.

Tottenham, who have come on leaps and bounds this season, gradually grew into the game and would surely have doubled their lead had Ashleigh Neville been able to sort her feet out in time to deflect a rebound into an open goal with around twenty minutes to go.

Still, Jonas Eideval will be delighted at how composed his team were, even when under pressure. The fluency of their build-up play spoke to a team who can deal with the psychological impact of falling behind (the first time they had done so in the WSL this season) even if the final touch wasn’t there.

Miedema, however, stepped up to the plate to thump in a late header and duly kicked off what looks like a hugely entertaining weekend.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in