HIGHLIGHTS | Aston Villa vs Arsenal (5-2) | WSL

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We were beaten 5-2 by Aston Villa in the Barclays Women’s Super League on Wednesday, former Gunner Jordan Nobbs opening the scoring at Villa Park before Kirsty Hanson smashed in their second on the brink of half-time. Chasity Grant gave us an even bigger mountain to climb with a goal right at the start of the second half, and Rachel Daly made it four with just over half an hour remaining. Stina Blackstenius pulled one back in the 67th minute, and Alessia Russo got another moments later, before Grant completed her brace. what happened The first chance of the game fell to Lotte Wubben-Moy, who hooked a volley over the bar from Katie McCabe’s corner. At the other end, a Nobbs free-kick came out to Maz Pacheco, who fired it onto the roof of the net from distance. Kyra Cooney-Cross tried her luck from distance after Sabrina D'Angelo gave the ball away, but the shot was high and wide, and a Nobbs corner was then headed wide of the top by right by Daly. Returning to the starting line-up for the first time since recovering from injury, Victoria Pelova made a good run into the 18-yard box in the 27th minute and was picked out by McCabe, but D’Angelo raced off her line to close the angle and block Pelova’s cross. Our former goalkeeper then made a big double save to deny us from another McCabe corner, before Ebony Salmon raced through on goal on the counter-attack, crossing for Nobbs to slot past Manuela Zinsberger for 1-0. Hanson shot just over the bar as Villa looked to double their lead, while Pelova cut inside onto her left foot and drilled an effort just wide of the bottom right in our effort to respond. Matters were made worse for us when, on the brink of half-time, Hanson powerfully struck the ball into the back of our net for 2-0. After Salmon raced through and shot over the bar, we went into the break two behind. We made a triple change at half-time, Kim Little, Leah Williamson and Russo coming on for Pelova, Lotte Wubben-Moy and Kyra Cooney-Cross. The second half got off to a disastrous start fo