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Manchester City crowned WSL champions after title rivals Arsenal held at Brighton

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Manchester City were crowned ⁠Women's Super League champions on Wednesday for the first ‌time in a decade after Arsenal, ‌their last remaining challengers, ‌were held to a 1-1 ‌draw away by Brighton.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/bcOx8Zz6/"]City[/a] top the standings on 52 points with 21 of ‌their 22 games played. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/8CKOoQdn/"]Arsenal[/a] ⁠needed ‌to win all of their remaining ​four games to have any chance of stealing top ​spot, but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brighton/KxpSSJgi/"]Brighton[/a] held them [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/arsenal-8CKOoQdn/brighton-KxpSSJgi/?mid=bZC0ggeB"]to a stalemate[/a] to send ⁠the ​title to the north-west, instead of North London.[/p][embed guid="457ff4c0-8f03-40e4-b5b6-be7ab164ee1c" url="https://x.com/ManCityWomen/status/2052130659116667127" social-type="twitter" /][p]Having made it to the Champions League semi-finals ‌before being knocked out by OL Lyonnes last weekend, Arsenal came into Wednesday's game against Brighton with a considerable task ahead of them if they were to threaten City, but they went behind when ‌Fuka Tsunoda scored just before ​the break.[/p][p]Norwegian midfielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/leonhardsen-maanum-frida/pCcysInr/"]Frida Maanum ‌[/a]pulled a goal back on the hour mark, but despite a late surge Arsenal couldn't find a winner.[/p]

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