Manchester City are WSL champions for the first time in 10 years, after Arsenal’s draw at Brighton. It is not the nicest way to win a league title, but City will not care. Their only previous league title was won in 2016 and they have had six runners-up finishes since, as well as second place in the shortened Spring Series as the competition moved from its previous summer scheduling.

Scheduling issues meant Arsenal had three games in hand over the league leaders going into Wednesday’s game in Crawley. However, they needed to win all of those to keep the title race alive, with City on 52 points with one game remaining and Arsenal’s maximum total points tally 53 points.…