Arsenal Women 0-0 Man Utd Women: Gunners miss chance to go second in WSL against 10-player United

Arsenal missed out on the opportunity to go second in the WSL after failing to break down 10-player Manchester United in a goalless draw at the Emirates.

After Anneke Borbe superbly kept out Fridolina Rolfo’s early header, Arsenal dominated Man Utd without ever really threatening to score.

The game further turned in Arsenal’s favour when Jayde Riviere was sent off for two bookable offences in the 65th minute, but the Gunners could not capitalise on their player advantage.

Arsenal racked up 25 shots as they dominated possession, but they only had six efforts on target in a performance that summed up their season so far.

It’s the first time under Renee Slegers, who signed a new deal with the Gunners on Friday, that they have failed to score at home in the WSL as they missed the chance to go above Chelsea into second and close the gap to WSL leaders Man City to five points.

Man Utd, who stay fourth and a point behind the Gunners, were resolute and they held on for a point as the two teams played out a second successive goalless draw this season.

More to follow.

‘The story of Arsenal’s season’

Izzy Christiansen on Sky Sports:

“Arsenal had the momentum and they dominated Man Utd all over the field, but they have nothing to show for it.

“It paints the story of Arsenal’s season so far.

“It’s been frustrating amd they haven’t been as ruthless in the final third as they can be.

“On the other hand, it was a really resolute performance from Man Utd, going down to 10 players.

“They had a lot of defensive work to do and a lot of ground to cover. They executed a good game plan to come away from the Emirates with a good point.”

Sandberg: United happy with a draw

Manchester United’s Anna Sandberg to Sky Sports:

“The first 20 minutes we were the better team, but then Arsenal is a really good team and getting a red card isn’t what we wanted. There’s positives to take with how we defended as a team and to get a draw, we should be quite happy with that.

“We had a lot of momentum in the first 20 minutes but we let them play a bit too much, got a bit low in our defence. We wanted more, but we are pretty happy with a draw.

“It says a lot [about our resilience], we have been in this position for one man down and we defended really good. People have been talking about our defending but we showed what we can do and how good we are at defending, even with one man down.”