WSL: Arsenal 2-2 Manchester City – in pictures
The best images from the first match of the WSL season as two of the division’s heavyweights locked horns
by Laura Rose and agencies · the GuardianArsenal fans pose for a photo by the mural of Leah Williamson before kickoff.
Photograph: Javier García/Shutterstock
The Gunners’ fans were in fine voice before the game at the Emirates.
Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/Reuters
Referee Abi Byrne and her assistants lead the teams out of the tunnel.
Photograph: Richard Pelham/The FA/Getty Images
Arsenal’s Frida Maanum breaks clear of her marker to send in a cross.
Photograph: Laura Rose/The Guardianm
Maanum scores Arsenal’s first goal after just eight minutes.
Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/Reuters
Maanum is joined by teammates in the Arsenal celebrations.
Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/Reuters
Manchester City’s Vivianne Miedema is watched by her former supporters.
Photograph: Laura Rose/The Guardianm
Manchester City players eye up a high ball in defence.
Photograph: Laura Rose/The Guardianm
Lotte Wubben-Moy awaits treatment.
Photograph: Laura Rose/The Guardian
A fan holds a sign asking for Alessia Russo’s shirt.
Photograph: Laura Rose/The Guardian
Bunny Shaw fires a shot at goal for City.
Photograph: Laura Rose/The Guardian
More than 41,000 people attended the WSL curtain-raiser at the Emirates.
Photograph: Laura Rose/The Guardianm
Miedema levels for Manchester City in the 42nd minute with a tidy finish.
Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images
Miedema doesn’t celebrate but her City team-mates still mob her after the goal.
Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/Reuters
Arsenal’s Manuela Zinsberger looks on as Manchester City’s Jessica Park scores a long-range strike to put the visitors 2-1 up in the second half.
Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/Reuters
Anxious young Arsenal fans watching the action.
Photograph: Laura Rose/The Guardian
In the 81st minute, Beth Mead put the hosts level with a volley.
Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images
Mead celebrates the crucial equaliser.
Photograph: Richard Pelham/The FA/Getty Images
Jonas Eidevall, the manager of Arsenal, gathers his team for a post-match debrief.
Photograph: Alan Walter/Arsenal FC/Getty Images