Caitlin Foord scored twice as Arsenal kept their Women's Super League title hopes alive with a comfortable 5-1 win over Leicester City.

With victory at Emirates Stadium, Renee Slegers' side cut Chelsea's lead at the top of the WSL to three points.

The Blues, who are yet to lose in the league this season, have four matches remaining while Arsenal have three.

Arsenal, who have now scored at least four goals in seven successive WSL home matches, required just nine minutes to open the scoring, Foord converting Frida Maanum's pinpoint cross at the back post.

Stina Blackstenius quickly doubled their lead, slotting the ball in from close range, before Foord struck from the edge of the box to make it three before the break, her shot taking a huge deflection which left goalkeeper Janina Leitzig stranded.

Beth Mead added her name to the scoresheet in the second half, heading in Kim Little's cross.

While Yuka Momiki pulled one back for Leicester, finding space on the edge of the box and firing a low shot into the bottom-right corner, Arsenal restored their four-goal advantage three minutes later, Victoria Pelova volleying home for her first goal since returning from an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in March.

Leicester City remain 10th, seven points clear of the relegation zone.

Weeks do not come much bigger than this. On Saturday, Arsenal host eight-time Women's Champions League winners Lyon at the Emirates, knowing they are just two matches away from Europe's showpiece final.

Therefore losing three key players - goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar, Chloe Kelly, and their WSL top scorer Alessia Russo - to injury during the international break was not great timing.

Slegers is optimistic Kelly and Russo will be in contention for selection at the weekend, telling Sky Sports "it is looking really good for Chloe and Alessia", but even without two of their standout forwards, Arsenal always looked fluid in attack against Leicester.

City, it should be said, are no slouches in defence. They had conceded 27 goals in 18 WSL matches heading into this fixture - the best defensive record outside the top four.

However, they were simply chasing shadows in London. Arsenal made their intentions clear from kick-off, immediately launching an attack down the left flank, they took the lead inside 10 minutes, and were three up shortly after the half-hour mark. Enjoying 70% of possession, goals four and five felt inevitable.

"It was a good performance. We wanted to set the standards for the block [of fixtures] and in many ways we did that today," Slegers said.

"We are a big club and a big brand. We play to win but I also feel the responsibility to play an entertaining type of football. We want people to support what we are doing and we want to be inspiring."

Their best attacks relied on rapid pass-and-move build-up play, with Mariona Caldentey, playing in a deep central role, at the heart of the moves which led to Arsenal's second and third goals.

Equally impressive was their movement off the ball, with Mead frequently darting into a more central position while Blackstenius, nominally the lone striker, floated over to either flank.

And with the five goals shared between four players and Maanum and Little picking up assists, they did not feel the absence of Russo and Kelly. Goals can come from anywhere in this Arsenal squad.

This latest thrashing takes Arsenal to 34 goals scored in the WSL in 2025 - the most of any side - and extends their run of scoring four or more goals at home to seven league matches.

They have also won their past eight games at the Emirates in all competitions by an aggregate score of 31-2.

Lyon, who sit top of the league in France, will be tough opponents on Saturday but form suggests their defenders could be in for a long afternoon.

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