West Ham United Women 1 – 1 Work Aston Villa Women

Remi Allen’s last strike saw Aston Villa Women deny West Ham Women their first win since February 2020, drawing 1-1 in the Women’s Super League.

By the time the game was over, Olli Harder’s team had not found the net in about 600 minutes of football, but as soon as it started, Leon (8) – just out of his Olympic and Canadian gold medals – returned home after defending himself at Aston Villa.

But the visitors soon found their footing in the WSL game. Aston Villa had plenty of chances – with Emily Gielnik taking the lead in the second half – but manager Allen gave up.

He sent Mayumi Pacheco’s first shot home with a header in the 92nd minute, to get Villa’s point after his winner saw Leicester beaten last week.

West Ham had been handed their first home victory since beating Liverpool 4-2 before being shut out by Covid, continuing their victory on Victoria Road in 2020/21. However, they ended their drought, having played six WSL games without a goal.

Before the remaining game on Sunday, Villa will win the WSL after another Carla Ward match.

How Aston Villa kept the point

This was a quick start for lightning from West Ham, taking advantage of Villa’s initial disruption. Anita Asante was unable to clear the ball in the area, with Lisa Evans stealing easily from her. He then found Leon in the middle, who turned to Sarah Mayling’s house in a six-yard box.

Another potentially disastrous problem at Villa scored West Ham’s second goal in 11 minutes. Elisha N’Dow’s easy pass was not answered by Hannah Hampton, as she and Leon both threw the ball. The West Ham striker was very quick behind him and seemed to have a goal to open, but Hampton came back in time to stop.

But Aston Villa soon began to find their music. The first shot was fired when Gielnik was the first to shoot from a distance. Soon, Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah sent a winning cross from the left – the first time Villa found the way – and it needed to save with one hand from Mackenzie Arnold to include it.

After half an hour, Arnold had to make some important reserves. Allen and Gielnik connected well in the area, the strikers finishing, but the West Ham goalkeeper was close enough to push back. From the corner where it happened, Boye-Hlorkah shook her head back.

Aston Villa continued to keep a close eye on the chances, but went through a break with a goal in the back.

West Ham could have led their first lead in the second half. Leon brought in a lovely ball from the right wing, and Dagny Brynjarsdottir ran well in the six-yard box. However, his head went straight to the producer, before Aston Villa was able to get rid of it.

But like in the first half, Villa pushed hard their goal as the second half went on. Pacheco forced a fine save for Arnold, before the ball was made again and found Gielnik on top of him. However, his boycott began post. Allen and Shania Hayles both tested Arnold as the game went strong for 10 minutes, but the Aston Villa captain came out on top with an extra two minutes later.

He himself fired at the top, but did not catch the ball as he wished. However, Ramona Petzelberger sent the ball and Allen was on the move, skipping past Arnold, and finding an important point at Aston Villa.

Player – Adriana Leon

Laura Bassett at Sky Games:

“I think he’s worked tirelessly. If he doesn’t do as well as he did in the first 20 minutes, West Ham aren’t leading.”

What the managers said

West Ham manager Olli Harder: “We weren’t fit enough when we had the minutes to write. The goal in the end is a sucking punch, but we also need to be better to have our minutes. It was hard the last ten minutes when the ball came all the time, we had to deal with it and we didn’t.

“I want to be changed, clear your lines, do a good start and we didn’t do all the matches well. If we had met the requirements, we could have taken all three points.

“It’s great to have fans and it’s good to be able to celebrate the goal. I think this is one of those days where there are a lot of canes, tomorrow, wire. We also had a lot of chances in the second half, but that’s how it happens.

“I’m not at all satisfied. That should be three points today – it’s not good to get out of here to get points. With all due respect to Villa, I think he played well, but we have to look better than getting points at home. We have to win this game.”

Aston Villa manager Carla Ward: “I like the end goal, don’t I? All in all, I think it was worth it. I think we should have done well in this game. At 90 minutes, the point is probably a good one.

“In the first 30 minutes we didn’t have it, but we ruled in the second half and had a fourth chance. I don’t know what we did in the first 30 minutes, but I’m glad we got away with the point but we have to get off to a good start.

“We conceded two goals in two games and both have been our mistakes. This is not good, we can’t continue in a 1-0 down game because of our mistakes. We have to do better with that.

“But all in all, I think the girls are happy. We dug and the form we have shown not to lose the game is very big.”

By Hannah Hampton: “How he is not in the England squad, I do not know. For me, he is the best England player and he has shown today, at 1-0, he has kept us in the game. I think he deserves to be enlightened. Because he is an international team.

“Obviously he’s ready. He’s been in the last six or seven camps. I can’t test it myself akulu The senior players come in big time and have done consistently. I’ve never spoken to Sarina, but I’m surprised we’re talking about the best talent in England and she’s in form. He has to play, not just be a team. “

What these experts said

Sky Games’ Karen Carney: “They were knocking on the door at the end. They changed form and found more space ahead, went 4-4-2 and put West Ham under pressure.

“History for Remi Allen, and two by two. He was in the right place. We are used to Allen being a defender, but in the last few games, he has tried to get into the box more and received his rewards.

“They have shown respect in the last two weeks to return [going behind]. West Ham are too disappointed to admit their reaction, but Villa have to. “

Aston Villa striker Sophie Haywood: “If you look at West Ham’s results, you can forgive those who came out last season.

“But they have to get goals from somewhere. Buy Claudia Walker and it’s not just a matter of the last.

What the players said

West Ham striker Adriana Leon“It’s frustrating as a fighter and it sounds like a defeat. We had a chance in the first 20 minutes if we let them go, we won the game. The hardest part was making a chance and we did so and I think it’s good to get rid of it.”

West Ham manager Gilly Flaherty: “To me it sounds like a defeat. You control the game – especially the first 15-20 minutes – and then in the second half we start to sink and it’s not mentioned in the box. We want to win so it feels like a defeat for us.

“We have a lot of new players in the team too so we have to form those relationships. Sometimes you need things like this to happen today to make sure it doesn’t happen again this season.”

Aston Villa striker Remi Allen: “We are very happy with the idea but we are disappointed with the start. History of Hannah Hampton, because she saves the world and then we go down to the other end and score a goal. It shows a lot of faith and perseverance and it is good that we can continue …

What’s next?

After the World Cup break, West Ham resume their WSL home career in Leicester on Saturday 26 September; start 3pm. For Aston Villa, he will go to Brighton the same day; start 2pm.