Women's Super League: Fran Kirby penalty helps Brighton & Hove Albion to win against Aston Villa in six-goal thriller
By Jonny Bray
Published 05/10/2024 at 15:26 GMT+1
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Aston Villa and Brighton & Hove Albion were involved in an action-packed thriller in the Women's Super League on Saturday. The Seagulls came out on top after Paula Tomas' red card swung the momentum of the match in their favour. Fran Kirby's penalty made it 4-2 in the closing stages, and Michelle Agyemang scored their fourth to wrap up a convincing win.
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Fran Kirby's penalty helped Brighton & Hove Albion come from a goal down to beat Aston Villa 4-2 in an action-packed clash in the Women's Super League.
Rachel Daly gave Villa the lead, but goals from Nikita Parris and Pauline Bremer handed The Seagulls a 2-1 advantage at the break.
Daly equalised from a penalty after half-time, but Paula Tomas was sent off for a foul in the box, and Kirby converted the resulting spot kick.
Poppy Pattinson was shown a second yellow card in the closing stages, but Michelle Agyemang added Brighton's fourth in stoppage time.
The first clear-cut chance of the match fell to Parris, but she could not get a shot away after being put through on goal by Jorelyn Carabali.
Villa opened the scoring in the 13th minute when Kirsty Hanson made a superb run before finding Daly.
The England international made no mistake at the near post, poking the ball past Sophie Baggaley in the Brighton goal.
The Seagulls responded immediately, getting back on level terms through Parris after she was picked out in the penalty area by Pattinson.
Hanson had the chance to restore Villa's advantage moments later when Missy Bo Kearns' deflected effort landed at her feet, but she fired wide.
Bremer gave The Seagulls the lead for the first time in the match seven minutes before the break.
The Germany international produced a powerful left-footed finish to find the bottom right corner after being put through on goal by Parris.
Hanson had another chance to score in the closing stages of the half, but she fired over the crossbar from close range.
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Anna Patten was fouled in the box by Guro Bergsvand at the start of the second half, and Daly sent the goalkeeper the wrong way to make it 2-2.
The match could have gone either way heading into the final 20 minutes.
The momentum swung firmly in Brighton's favour in the 76th minute when Tomas received a straight red card after a collision with Kiko Seike.
The collision took place inside Villa's box, and Kirby converted the penalty to get her side back in front.
Pattinson was shown a second yellow card in the closing stages of the match, but Brighton added their fourth deep into stoppage time through substitute Agyemang.
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