Arsenal reaffirmed their title credentials with a classy 5-0 win over Manchester City at Meadow Park to go top of the Women’s Super League.
Vivianne Miedema opened the scoring in the 10th minute before Kim Little’s superb strike doubled the home side’s lead.
Katie McCabe hit a thunderous third before Little’s second from the spot.
Leah Williamson completed the rout with a stoppage-time header as Arsenal moved top in emphatic fashion.
They climb above Tottenham on goal difference, with both sides having taken a maximum nine points, while City are in eighth after suffering their heaviest ever defeat as a professional team.
Last season’s runners-up have now lost twice in three games this season, as well as being knocked out of the Champions League by Real Madrid, but boss Gareth Taylor insists it is too early to rule them out of the title race.
He said: “It’s way too early. It’s not great losing our last two league games but I think it’s way too early. It is a short league in only having 22 games but we’ll see.
“We’ll have to be reliant on other teams and we need to put points on the board ourselves. There’s no point looking on other teams at the moment. We need to look within ourselves.”
Buoyed after backing up their opening-day win over Chelsea with a routine victory at Reading, Arsenal unnerved City’s defence from the first whistle, pressing in numbers and forcing the visitors into a series of defensive errors.