Arsenal was at the end of another Heavy Ladies Super League defeat when they went to Brighton 4-2.
The Gunners, who later this month in the final of the Women's Champions League record the Women's Champions League, hoped to bounce back from their 5-2 loss to Aston Villa last week.
Nevertheless, Renee Slees's team fell, whose slender title hopes was deposited after the victory of Chelsea over Manchester United in the aftermath of that defeat against Villa, shortage against the Seagulls in Broadfield Stadium.
Arsenal had their chances, with 25 shots, got 12 on goal and collected 3.06 expected goals (XG), but Brighton was clinical.
After Caitlin Foord had canceled Fran Kirby's opener, Jelena Cankovic scored on both sides of the peace to raise Brighton 3-1.
Kiko Seike added a fourth to the Seagulls' Tally in the 54th minute, where Mariona Caldentey grabbed a comfort for Arsenal in stopping Time, although Sophie Baggaley got a series of smart rescues to avoid a Grandstand -finals, including a kelly -infringement.
Brighton has now won back-to-back WSL matches and is fifth in the table, and although they are unable to catch the fourth place Manchester City that 12 points clearly are, this sounding victory are still an excellent moment in a brilliant season for the Dario Vidosic team.
They will complete their competition campaign against Villa on Saturday, while Arsenal will try to go back to winning ways when they take on United, with the race for second place to the thread.
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Data Debrief: Brighton finally gets one about the Gunners
This marks the first WSL victory of Brighton on Arsenal, who had won all the previous 13 meetings between these teams in the competition, which was the best 100%win rate that had one side above the other.
After following last week's victory over Everton, Brighton only won the second time since the start of the 2022-23 campaign Back-to-Back WSL matches, which also did early this season.
In the meantime, Arsenal has now lost consecutive WSL matches for the first time since May 2023.