Overview

• The only goal came when Olivia Smith’s low cross deflected off Marisa Olislagers for an early own goal at the Emirates Stadium.
• Brighton threatened through Fran Kirby and Kiko Seike before Carla Camacho’s close-range header was superbly saved by Daphne van Domselaar.
• Substitute Stina Blackstenius lifted Arsenal’s late threat, nodding a corner onto the bar and going close twice more in stoppage time.
• Brighton defender Maelys Mpomé suffered a head injury from a cross, required lengthy on-field treatment, and was stretchered off during a long stoppage.
• Arsenal recorded their third league win of the season after a run that included defeat to Lyon, while Brighton fell to consecutive WSL losses and also lost captain Maisie Symonds, who was replaced by Nadine Noordam.