An incredible, chaotic six-minute period saw us go from 3-1 down to 4-3 up at home to West Ham United in the Barclays Women's Super League on Sunday.
After two early goals from Amber Tysiak, Chloe Kelly pulled one back on the brink of half-time.
But Shekhiera Martinez restored West Ham's two-goal lead early in the second half, only for Katie McCabe to smash one home on the volley.
Leah Williamson headed in the equaliser and Mariona Caldentey scored from the penalty spot to turn the game around in unforgettable style.
It was the most end-to-end game we've been involved in since... exactly one month ago at Manchester City!
We started brightly on a beautiful March evening at Meadow Park as Alessia Russo found herself through on goal in the first minute of the match, but the visitors were able to clear the danger.
They made their first opportunity count at the other end, Vivianne Asseyi winning a corner that she sent into the penalty area for Tysiak to head past Daphne van Domselaar.
McCabe was on hand to hook the next Asseyi cross away after Williamson had gone for goal in search of an equaliser, but West Ham doubled their lead moments later following a goalmouth scramble as Tysiak netted her brace.
Emily Fox's cross was met by the head of Russo but her effort went straight at Szemik, and our number 23 had a great chance to pull one back when she got on the end of a long ball over the top from McCabe but, racing in on goal, Russo knocked it wide.
Lia Walti failed to work the goalkeeper and then produced an opportunity for Kelly, who volleyed towards goal but saw her shot saved on her first start for Arsenal in 2024/25.
Frida Maanum, Caldentey and Russo produced a lovely passage of play on the counter attack in a fast-paced first half, but Szemik gathered the cross.
Mariona then played a delightful one-two with Russo on the edge of the area before seeing her left-footed effort go agonisingly wide via the outside of the post.
Maanum went for goal from the left of the 18-yard box with half-time approaching. Szemki spilled it but no-one was there to convert the rebound, and Maanum then headed straight at the West Ham goalkeeper from a McCabe cross.
But we reduced the deficit on the brink of half-time, Mariona crossing for Kelly to cushion the ball into the back of the net for 2-1.
We made one change at the break, Stina Blackstenius coming on for Maanum and the former finished brilliantly into the bottom left corner straight away, but the flag was raised for offside.
West Ham immediately went 3-1 up though, Martinez finding a way through and placing the ball beyond Van Domselaar.
That brought about another two changes for us as Kyra Cooney-Cross and Caitlin Foord came on for Little and Walti.
Good work from Foord got us back into the game straight away, her cross creating an opening for McCabe to smash the ball past Szemik on the volley for 3-2.
The game was level moments later as a Williamson header bounced marginally over the line, the referee's awardi
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By Arsenal
March 3, 2025