Manchester United won a crushing 4-0 win in Aston Villa in the Women's Super League, so that the relegation fears of their hosts and moving level with second place were deepened arsenal.
The Marc Skinner team recently won seven consecutive games to accommodate their hope for a WSL title challenging, to go to Liverpool 3-1 to Liverpool last week.
But they responded emphatically in Villa Park, where an Elisabeth Terland -Brace set them on their way to victory.
Terland Pore Celin Bizet's delivery house for a 22nd minute opener, where Jayde Riviere was also involved in the structure, then added a second for the Red Devils nine minutes later.
Riviere got the assist for that goal and hooked a point cross at the distant pole, where Terland was given the simple task of going past Sabrina d'Angelo.
United went up 3-0 in the break when Grace Clinton d'Angelo saw her line and lobed her from 40 meters, with Villa complaints about a possible error in the structure that fell on deaf ears.
Gabi Nunes hit the woodwork for Villa, but after the break they stayed on a second best and Leah Galton completed the score for United in the 64th minute, so that she was focused on the perfection to convert the cross of Melvine Malard.
United moves to 39 points, under Arsenal about target difference and eight drift from Chelsea, who organized a dramatic fightback to beat Manchester City earlier on Sunday 2-1.
Villa remains 11th with only 10 points, a free from Bottom Club Crystal Palace and nervous over their shoulders looks after six straight WSL defeats.
There was more bad news for Villa like another possible candidate for the drop, Leicester City, daylight between itself and the bottom with a 3-2 victory over Brighton.
A sparkling first half had the Foxes 3-0 with Interval, with Shannon O'Brien and Saori Takarada who struck before Rachel Mclauchlan stopped her own net through the first half.
Brighton came back in an attempt to win back-to-back WSL matches for the second time this season, with Madison Haley pulling one in the 73rd minute.
Nicole Momiki missed a penalty that Leicester would have placed 4-1 with 12 minutes to play, then a successful Fran Kirby-Spot-Kick on the other side provided a tense final.
Leicester, however, approached himself to win it for the first time in their WSL history, and released five points from the 11th placed villa.
Data debrief: More misery for Arroyo
It was a miserable day for Aston Villa manager Natalia Arroyo, whose team in the real threat to lose their WSL status after a sixth straight defeat.
It is their longest series of defeats ever in the competition and the longest running line of each party.
Arroyo has been in charge of the last five of those losses, making her only the sixth coach who loses her first five games in the competition and the first since Jonathan Morgan of Leicester in October 2021.
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