WSL: Khiara Keating gifts Arsenal late winner against Man City

Arsenal's Stina Blackstenius capitalized on a mistake by Manchester City goalkeeper Khiara Keating in the 88th minute to give her team a 2-1 home victory in a tense Women's Super League match on Sunday.

City, who slipped to second place in the table after Chelsea's 6-0 thrashing of Aston Villa on Saturday, came into the game on a high, but they fell behind in the 14th minute when Steph Catley put Arsenal ahead early on, sidefooting home after the home team pounced on a poor attempt to clear to put themselves in control.

They had a good chance to extend their lead five minutes later when Cloé Lacasse was brought down in the area by goalkeeper Khiara Keating, but she saved Kim Little's penalty.

Despite more chances to extend their lead, Arsenal failed to capitalize and were punished within the final 20 minutes when a series of blocks in the area resulted in the ball being squared for Chloe Kelly to equalize.

That appeared to be enough for a share of the spoils until Keating, the earlier hero with her penalty save, misjudged the flight of a long ball forward, allowing Blackstenius to steal in and roll the ball into an empty net for a dramatic winner which see City lose for the first time this season.

With four more WSL games on Sunday, Chelsea leads the table with 13 points from five games, three ahead of City and five ahead of Arsenal.

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