Miedema just keeps scoring and Reading come from behind again but the WSL pitches simply are not good enough
Arsenal’s front three were at their potent best against Everton and no one more so than Vivianne Miedema. Two more goals for the striker, which takes her tally for the season to 14, and you would not bet against her going on to become the Super League’s all-time top scorer. Nikita Parris holds the record with 47 goals but given Miedema’s rate, and the fact she is only 23, it is surely only a matter of time before she surpasses Parris. That is good news for Arsenal, who are getting the very best out of a player who has become a world-renowned star, in large part because of what she has achieved with the Netherlands – winning the Euros and reaching the
World Cup final. She’s a super impressive talent. The negative for
Arsenal from Sunday’s game was, of course, the injury to Beth Mead. The signs are that she has sustained cruciate damage and will be out for a long time, which could wreck her hopes of representing Team GB at the Olympic Games next summer in the way that doing her ACL around this time last year put Jordan Nobbs out of the World Cup. Fingers crossed the damage is not as severe.