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Football: Arsenal beat Man United 2-0 to stay top of WSL

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Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Arsenal" s="" Vivianne="" Miedema="" scores="" their="" first="" goal.="" Jason="" action="" Images="" via="" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/tvpatrol/11/16/vivianne-miedema.jpg"/><figcaption>Arsenal&#x27;s Vivianne Miedema scores their first goal. <em>Jason Cairnduff, Action Images via Reuters.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANCHESTER, England - Vivianne Miedema and Katie McCabe scored in the second half to give Arsenal a 2-0 win away to Manchester United on Sunday that kept the Gunners top of the FA Women&#x27;s Super League, their seventh victory in eight league games this season.</p><p>Without a league win since beating Birmingham City 2-0 on Oct. 3, United kept the visitors scoreless in the opening 45 minutes, but Dutch striker Miedema drove home a low shot three minutes into the second half to break the deadlock.</p><p>Nine minutes later McCabe was fouled in the box to earn a penalty, and the Irish international dusted herself down before firing the spot-kick beyond the dive of Mary Earps.</p><p>Arsenal stayed top of the table on 22 points, one ahead of London rivals Chelsea, who hammered second-from-bottom Birmingham City 5-0 at home thanks to a Sam Kerr hat-trick and two goals from Fran Kirby.</p><p>Leicester City remain bottom after Simone Magill got the only goal of the game for Everton in the 81st minute, and Reading pulled off a surprise 2-0 win over third-placed Brighton &amp; Hove Albion.</p><p>Dagny Brynjarsdottir got the only goal to give West Ham United a 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in Sunday&#x27;s late game, while on Saturday Manchester City notched their biggest victory of the season with a 5-0 thrashing of Aston Villa.</p><div><strong>(Reporting by Philip O&#x27;Connor, editing by Ed Osmond and Toby Davis)</strong></div>

Vivianne Miedema and Katie McCabe scored in the second half to give Arsenal a 2-0 win away to Manchester United on Sunday.