Live Blog: Arsenal Women travel to Leicester City
Arsenal hit the road in the WSL for the first time this season
Live BLog Sunday Sep 29th
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Full time: Leicester 0-1 Arsenal
90+6' Katie Reid comes on with 90 seconds remaining, replacing Foord. 0-1
90+4 Codina drags down Rose with a tackle that was more akin to the rugby match happening round the corner, and she's booked. 0-1
90+3' Rosa Kafaji should have killed the game there and then! She does brilliantly to send two defenders the wrong way but her shot is saved by Kop. 0-1
90+2' Half a chance for Momiki but she fires side from range. 0-1
90+1' Seven added minutes for Arsenal to negotiate. 0-1
88' Foord brings down Chossenotte as Leicester looked to break, and is lucky not to receive a booking. 0-1
86' Leicester will kick themselves if they don't get something out of this game now, but Arsenal have van Domselaar to thank- she has made three huge saves this afternoon. 0-1
82' Another huge chance for Leicester, denied by van Domselaar! Chossenotte gets in behind down the right but shoots straight at the goalkeeper. 0-1
80' Leicester's final change as Pelgander comes on for Tierney. The Foxes might as well have a go now with ten minutes remaining. 0-1
79' Leicester's best chance of the second half! Good move down the right and van Domselaar has to get down low to deny Cayman. 0-1
78' Good defending by Howard who times her tackle on Kafaji well to stop her getting a shot away. 0-1
73' Good save by Kop who gets down low to deny Russo. 0-1
73' Foord has moved to left-back! That confirms that Wienroither definitely can't feature. Kafaji is on the right wing. 0-1
71' Changes for both sides- Bott and Mouchon are replaced by Nevin and Chossenotte. Kafaji is introduced in place of McCabe. 0-1
70' Rosa Kafaji is set to come on. 0-0
67' Caldentey's cross is headed away with Foord in a good position. Mouchon breaks forward but Little is back to tackle her. 0-1
62' Double change for Leicester with Takarada and Rose on for Mace and Goodwin. 0-1
60' Fox clears after Rantala's shot was blocked before Bott headed forward. 0-1
58' Arsenal make a triple change- Cooney Cross, Maanum and Mead replaced by Little, Blackstenius and Caldentey. 0-1
55' Goal! Frida Maanum with a tap-in after Leicester gave away the ball and Russo set up Maanum. 1-0 to the Arsenal, who really needed that. 0-1
54' Leicester break on the counter and the cross is claimed easily by van Domselaar. Arsenal look half asleep. 0-0
51' Ruby Mace has had a good game but going for goal from 30 yards on the turn wasn't the best decision. High and wide from the midfielder. 0-0
51' Mead's delivery is punched away by Kop, who has had very little to do. 0-0
50' Foord drives into the area and wins Arsenal a corner. 0-0
46' The teams are back out and the second half is underway. 0-0
Four Arsenal players are warming up- Kafaji and Little not among them.
A quiet first half for Arsenal who haven’t really created much to trouble the home side. Leicester’s Rantala was denied by a crucial save by van Domselaar before Walti also came close. All to play for
Half time: Leicester City 0-0 Arsenal.
45+1' Two added minutes. 0-0
45' Again Russo can drive into the box but her left-footed shot is blocked. 0-0
43' Mead and McCabe stand over a free-kick. It's laid off to McCabe who shoots straight into the wall. 0-0
42' Much better from Arsenal with Russo creating opportunities. She wins the Gunners a corner and this time the delivery is straight into the box, and straight to the first player. 0-0
40' Excellent save by Kop to deny Walti from finding the top corner! Good move by Arsenal as Russo sets up Walti but her shot is saved. 0-0
38' van Domselaar is down for a tactical goalkeeper timeout and both sides take the time to get some instructions. She's able to continue, unsurprisingly! 0-0
36' Headed away at the front post by Russo. 0-0
36' Leicester keep applying the pressure and Cayman's shot is deflected behind for a corner. 0-0
34' Off the crossbar! Mace with a crossfield pass to Rantala who gets a powerful shot away, tipped onto the bar by van Domselaar! 0-0
34' Another short corner comes to nothing- a couple of passes between Mead and McCabe and the latter floats a cross onto the roof of the net. 0-0
31' Maanum gets into the box and looks to cut inside but the ball gets stuck behind her feet and Leicester clear. 0-0
29' This is probably only interesting to me but one of the trends of modern football- every time one side has a corner now both managers sit down and both set-piece coaches walk to the front of the dugout. It's been the same this afternoon with Chris Bradley in charge of Arsenal's dead-ball situations. 0-0
28' Arsenal win another corner through Maanum and Foord's tenacity. Again it's worked short and Mead's cross is headed away. 0-0
26' It's been a quiet first half so Arsenal fans have resorted to the brilliant 'Shake it Caldentey' chant. 0-0
23' Almost a mix-up in the box between Howard and Thibaud but Leicester keep possession well, under pressure from Russo. They build from the back well. 0-0
20' Russo sends a Leicester player for a taxi and drives forward but the Foxes again defend well against Foord to stop any opportunity for a chance. 0-0
16' The Gunners have gone short with their corners so far and the latest is worked to Foord at the back post, where Leicester defend well. 0-0
12' Arsenal fans celebrate! But Russo's shot can only find the sidenetting, the old ghost goal. 0-0
11' Maanum and Foord link up well and Mace has to clear for a corner. 0-0
10' Arsenal have been on top with the likes of Maanum looking to find space in between the lines. Some bright passages of play. 0-0
5' Unsure as to what exactly happened in/after the warm-up that caused Wienroither to drop out of the team.With Fox playing football through the summer and being an ever-present for club and country, she finally had a chance for a little rest but is straight back to action. 0-0
3' Rantala gets in behind down the left and fires over the bar, the flag is raised anyway. 0-0
1' Underway at the King Power! 0-0
Emily Fox has replaced Laura Wienroither following the warm-up.
Both sides are in home colours. Katie McCabe captains Arsenal with Kim Little on the bench.
Here come the teams!
The atmosphere is building nicely, with fans only in the main stand for this afternoon's game. Leicester are again playing every WSL game here this season.
Of course, Leicester's finest Kasabian will be the intro music as the two teams prepare to take the field.
The pressure on Jonas Eidevall will have relaxed a little, but the Gunners will want nothing less than three points having drawn their opening game against Man City.
Arsenal got the job done in midweek against BK Hacken, overturning a 1-0 first leg defeat in Sweden to win 4-0 and qualify for the Champions League.
My colleague Sylvain Jamet is back from covering a game in France has produced a bag full of Carambars- my favourite French sweets. That's an excellent start! Both teams are going through the final proceedings of their warm-ups.
Leicester finished 10th last season, in a campaign overshadowed by Willie Kirk's sacking in March. Caretaker boss Jennifer Foster still helped lead the Foxes to the FA Cup semi-finals, but she's been replaced by Amandine Miquel in the dugout.
Both sides are warming up in the sunshine of the King Power, where over 1,600 Arsenal fans have battled travel problems to be here.
Former Arsenal youngster Ruby Mace will take on the side she played for as a youngster, having joined the Foxes on a permanent deal from Manchester City in the summer.
Leicester are unchanged from their 1-1 draw at Liverpool on the opening day.
Laura Wienroither replaces Emily Fox at right-back, with Lia Walti coming in alongside Kyra Cooney-Cross, affording a much needed rest for Fox and Kim Little.
Daphne van Domselaar makes her Arsenal debut in goal.
Leicester subs: Leitzig, Nevin, Takarada, Rose, Ale, Pelgander, Kees, Chossenotte, Swaby.
Leicester: Kop; Cayman, Thibaud, Howard, Bott; Momiki, Mace, Tierney; Goodwin, Mouchon, Rantala.
Arsenal subs: Zinsberger, Fox, Caldentey, Kafaji, Little, Kuhl, Blackstenius, Godfrey, Reid.
Arsenal: van Domselaar; McCabe; Codina, Wubben-Moy, Wienroither; Walti, Cooney-Cross; Foord, Maanum, Mead; Russo.
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Hello and a very warm welcome from the King Power Stadium!