England captain Leah Williamson injured as Man Utd beat title rivals Arsenal

England captain Leah Williamson can be hoping her place on the World Cup will not be beneath risk after limping out of Arsenal’s defeat to Ladies’s Tremendous League leaders Manchester United.

United snatched an important 1-0 win with the ultimate kick of the primary half, Alessia Russo ending first time from 12 yards after being teed up by Nikita Parris.

That put them 4 factors away from Chelsea on the prime of the desk, dealing a significant blow to Arsenal’s personal title push.

However the greatest information of the night may very well be Williamson’s harm. She collapsed in ache within the Twelfth minute at Leigh Sports activities Village, catching her studs within the turf and showing to break her knee.

She instantly signalled to the bench for remedy, ultimately being helped from the sector as she disappeared down the tunnel.

With lower than 100 days to go earlier than the World Cup begins that might spell dangerous information for a Lionesses facet who’ve already misplaced Arsenal striker Beth Mead to a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in November.

Arsenal supervisor Jonas Eidevall advised after the sport that it was too early to supply a prognosis, however appeared guilty the standard of the enjoying floor.

“After all it’s not good that she needed to come off,” he mentioned.

“I’ve different individuals related to the medical info on that for the time being, I haven’t seen her but.

“I believe it’s going to proceed right here with the schedule we have now and pitches like that, gamers are going to get injured. That’s one thing that all of us want to enhance on, the amenities the place we play, so we are able to maintain the gamers on the pitch.”

On the different finish of the Tremendous League desk, Brighton fought laborious for a 3-2 win over Everton, lifting themselves off backside spot and leapfrogging Leicester and Studying.

Elisabeth Terland scored twice, breaking the impasse with a Twelfth-minute header and pouncing once more 10 minutes from time. Katie Robinson had earlier made it 2-0 with a sensible run and deft end simply earlier than the break. Katja Snoeijs responded with a second-half brace of her personal for Everton, however it was not sufficient to salvage something for the guests.