Arsenal drew 1-1 with Aston Villa in the WSL, a result that left them seventh on 10 points, six behind third-placed London City Lionesses. It was also Arsenal's fourth consecutive home draw in the league.
How the match unfolded
Chasity Grant opened the scoring 25 minutes into the match for Aston Villa. Alessia Russo scored Arsenal's equaliser in the 85th minute.
Villa's only shot
Aston Villa's goal came from the only shot they managed in the entire match.
Slegers on Arsenal's start
Arsenal head coach Renee Slegers said: "Yeah, we just said it feels like we’re playing the same game over and over again. We go one goal down from a break and we don’t start with enough urgency."
She also said: "I think ball speed wasn’t high enough, energy wasn’t good enough on the pitch, we don’t win enough duels, the basics which have given us the wins against Spurs and Benfica weren’t good enough from our side today."
Chasing the game again
Slegers said: "And we know that Villa has threat with Vangsgaard and Grant. But mostly we don’t set ourselves up well enough because then we end up having to chase it again in the second half."
She added: "That’s when we show our urgency and our resilience to score that goal. Less score is a good goal but I also think that leads to less composure in the box because there’s stress and pressure on us to score that goal. A lot of things lead back to how we start games, start with more urgency and intensity."
