Live Blog: Arsenal Women host West Ham at Meadow Park
Chloe Kelly starts for the first time since her loan move from Manchester City

Arsenal players enjoy the sunshine before kick-off. Credit- Suzy Lycett @boodlepim
Live BLog Sunday Mar 2nd
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FULL TIME: Arsenal 4-3 West Ham
90+8' Close! There's a foul on Szemik anyway as the ball is flashed along the goal line. Free kick for West Ham. 4-3
90+5' Great chance for Foord to seal the deal but she misses the target from close range. 4-3
90+1' NINE added minutes. 4-3
90' Unbelievable! Two brilliant saves by van Domselaar before Arsenal somehow survive a goal line scramble! It's still 4-3
89' Crucial save from van Domselaar! An acrobatic stop to preserve Arsenal's narrow lead. 4-3
86' 3,621 is the official attendance at Meadow Park. 4-3
85' Ilestedt and Mead replace Fox and Kelly. 4-3
83' Lovely play- Cooney-Cross shimmies past two midfielders before Kelly's backheel sets up Fox. Her cross is just too high for Foord. 4-3
77' A rather tame effort from McCabe from range, easily saved by Szemik. 4-3
74' Martinez, West Ham's thorn in Arsenal's side, is withdrawn for Ueki, who will also prove threatening. 4-3
74' Foord drives past Nystrom and cuts the ball back to Blackstenius, her shot is saved. 4-3
73' West Ham continue to threaten on the counter but really it's been all Arsenal since Mariona's penalty put the home side in front. 4-3
70' A stoppage now with Asseyi receiving treatment, what a crazy 20 minutes or so this has been. Absolutely bonkers. 4-3
66' Russo heads behind from Catley's cross- just got her body shape wrong. 4-3
64' West Ham make a triple change. I need a lie down in a dark room for about a week... 4-3
63' 51 minutes: Arsenal 1-3 West Ham. 62 minutes: Arsenal 4-3 West Ham- This has been absolute mayhem! 4-3
61' Mariona scores from the spot! The goalkeeper gets a touch to it but it wasn’t enough and it’s 4-3 to Arsenal!!!
60' Two efforts are cleared off the line by West Ham before Szemik makes a good save to deny Williamson! Now huge shouts for handball see Arsenal awarded a penalty!!! This is absolute carnage! 3-3
58' GOAL! Unbelievable scenes! Williamson heads home off the underside of the crossbar and it’s 3-3
57' Goal! McCabe with a remarkable finish from a narrow angle, back across goal into the far corner. 2-3
55' Foord and Cooney-Cross replace Little and Walti. 1-3
52' Kelly picks up a yellow card, presumably for something said to the referee. 1-3
51' Goal! Martinez runs in behind and glides past Catley before finishing past van Domselaar. Arsenal are so, so open at the back. 1-3
49' Excellent tackle by Little to dispossess Saez but West Ham come forward again, this time Walti is back to defend well. 1-2
48' Blackstenius scores but the flag is raised! 1-2
46' The second half is underway. 1-2
Blackstenius replaces Maanum.
Stina Blackstenius looks set to come on at half time.
Oh to be a fly on the wall in the Arsenal dressing room at half time.
A catastrophic start for the Gunners with Tysiak bundling two goals in for the visitors, and West Ham looked threatening every time they came forward. Arsenal have created plenty, and pulled a goal back through Kelly before half time.
Half time: Arsenal 1-2 West Ham.
45' Piubel has space to shoot from range for the visitors but her effort flies into the North Bank. One added minute. 1-2
44' GOAL! Chloe Kelly scores the first goal of her second Arsenal spell, timing her run to meet a cross and slam the ball past Szemik to halve the deficit. 1-2
42' A cross from Mariona finds Maanum but she heads straight at Szemik, who has made plenty of saves without really being tested. 0-2
41' Martinez has been so effective for West Ham exposing the lack of pace in this Arsenal defence- nearly a miscommunication there between Catley and van Domselaar, the latter is able to clear. 0-2
39' Good save by Szemik to deny Maanum from a narrow angle before Hanshaw clears. 0-2
35' Off the post from Mariona! First time effort from Russo's lay-off and it kisses the outside of the post. 0-2
34' Walti and Little have swapped with Walti now on the right. 0-2
31' Maanum threads a clever ball through to Mariona and her cross/shot takes a little deflection into the arms of Szemik. 0-2
29' Groans from the fans in front of me every time West Ham threaten to attack. Walti is telling her teammates to settle down during a break in play here. 0-2
28' Superb block from Saez to deny Russo in the penalty area. 0-2
25' A more ambitious effort from the lively Martinez, who finds the sidenetting. 0-2
24' Kelly with a snapshot after some neat build-up play from Little and then Walti, saved by Szemik. 0-2
21' Credit to West Ham who have been so aggressive at the start of this game at Meadow Park, exposing Arsenal every time they run in behind and attack at pace. A real frenzied first 20 minutes here. 0-2
20' Walti takes aim from range and Szemik saves. 0-2
18' What a chance! Russo is one on one with Szemik but puts her shot wide. That sums up the start of this game for Arsenal. 0-2
14' Russo meets Fox's cross but her header is straighgt at Szemik. 0-2
13' Tysiak is awarded the goal. Of course, there is no goal line technology in the WSL. 0-2
12' Goal! West Ham have a second, the ball adjudged to have crossed the line by the assistant referee. 0-2
11' That would have been something- Williamson finds herself in space on the edge of the box and goes for goal, but it's an easy save for Szemik. West Ham then get in behind again and McCabe has to clear off the line! 0-1
8' That's the first WSL goal Arsenal have conceded against a non-top four team under Renee Slegers. 0-1
7' Goal! Tysiak rises, unchallenged to head home from a West Ham corner and the visitors lead. 0-1
6' Important save from van Domselaar down to her right to deny a low shot from Asseyi after she was played through by Martinez. 0-0
3' Martinez gets forward for West Ham and Williamson defends well to win a goal kick. 0-0
1' Goodness me! A mistake from West Ham sees Russo go through on goal and Tysiak makes a crucial block, after just 18 seconds. 0-0
1' Underway at Meadow Park! 0-0
Arsenal are in their red and white home colours, West Ham in all black.
It's a near-sellout at Meadow Park, with no trains to Borehamwood likely making it difficult for a few fans to get here.
Here come the teams!
Mariona and Kafaji scored in the reverse fixture, a 2-0 win for Arsenal in Dagenham in what was Renee Slegers' first league game in interim charge.
As expected, it's now freezing in the shade at Meadow Park after a beautifully sunny day here in Hertfordshire. It really did have a last game of the season feel.
Elsewhere, it finished Man United 2-0 Leicester, Aston Villa 0-2 Everton, Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool, Tottenham 1-2 Man City, and Brighton 2-2 Chelsea.
Both sides have finished their warm ups and are back in the dressing rooms.
Despite Chelsea's draw against Brighton, Arsenal remain 11 points behind the league leaders, and start the day in fourth place. The Gunners will leapfrog Man City into third with a win at Meadow Park.
West Ham are ninth in the WSL, a relatively comfortable eight points clear of bottom side Crystal Palace. The Irons beat Brighton 3-1 last time out.
Renee Slegers' programme notes: "The last time we faced West Ham it was my very first WSL game in charge. A great amount of change has happened since then but we still have plenty to take from that last encounter. West Ham are a stubborn side that's very difficult to break down"
A couple of surprises in the West Ham side, with Riko Ueki and Katrina Gorry both starting on the bench. Both were involved in the rather demanding SheBelieves cup in the international break, over in the USA.
And Chloe Kelly starts for the first time after joining on loan from Manchester City on deadline day.
Victoria Pelova is back in the Arsenal squad for the first time since suffering an ACL injury on international duty in June last year!
West Ham subs: Walsh, Bergman Lundin, Ueki, Pavi, Harries, Zadorsky, Dentom, Gorry, Mengwen.
West Ham: Szemik; Hanshaw, Tysiak, Nystrom, Smith; Asseyi, Brynjarsdottir, Siren, Piubel; Martinez, Saez.
Arsenal subs: Zinsberger, Ilestedt, Reid, Nighswonger, Cooney-Cross, Pelova, Mead, Foord, Blackstenius.
Arsenal: Van Domselaar; McCabe, Catley, Williamson, Fox; Walti, Little; Mariona, Maanum, Kelly; Russo.
Team news is in, with two particular headlines...
Good afternoon and welcome to a sunny Meadow Park for Arsenal Women vs West Ham!