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West Ham forward Viviane Asseyi did not realise Sunday's game against Tottenham will bring up 100 for her with the Hammers, but is ready to mark it in fitting style.

The France striker, 32, has been plying her trade in east London for three and a half years since switching from Bayern Munich and says she wants to keep her standards as high as when she first joined.

"I didn't know!" she told BBC London when asked about her 100th game. "I'm so proud of that. To have 100 - and there's not many people - that is crazy. I would give everything to have more and more.

"[The time has gone] really, really quick but to have 100 games means you always have a standard, to be the best version of yourself every day. It's the job and I enjoy it."

In beating Leicester at King Power Stadium last weekend, 11th-placed West Ham trimmed the gap to the Foxes and Everton down to just one point. Asseyi recognised the importance of maintaining momentum against high-flying Spurs.

"I just want the three points - it doesn't matter how," she said. "Of course, it's better if I can score, but I just want us to win.

"This league is the best in the world and every detail counts. We will never give up and never worry."

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Forward Hlin Eiriksdottir has completed a loan transfer to ACF Fiorentina and will spend the remainder of the 2025/26 season in Serie A, subject to league and international clearances.

The 25-year-old Iceland international makes the move to Italy having made 20 appearances for Leicester's first team since joining from Kristianstads in January 2025.

Hlin will now link up with the team in Florence ahead of their Italian Cup Quarter-Final against AC Milan on Thursday, 29 January.

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Brighton forward Kiko Seike has signed a new deal with the club.

The 29-year-old joined from Urawa Reds in July 2024 and has gone on to score 11 goals in 37 appearances.

The Japan international made the perfect start to life in Brighton with a hat-trick on her Women’s Super League debut.

She played a key role as Brighton finished fifth in the table last season - their highest placing in the WSL.

Women's and girls' managing director Zoe Johnson said: "We're really happy that Kiko has decided to commit her future to Brighton.

"She's been a key player since joining us in July 2024. She's consistently shown her qualities both on and off the pitch."

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Manchester City stretched their lead at the top of the table thanks to Khadija Shaw's 86th-minute strike, but they did not have it their own way at London City Lionesses.

Isobel Goodwin hit the woodwork twice for the hosts and Freya Godfrey did equalise Kerolin's early goal.

WSL top scorer Shaw had the final word though.

At the other end of the table, Liverpool left it later still to memorably - and finally - pick up their first win of the season.

Mia Enderby's late double did the damage to knock Tottenham's Champions League hopes and inject life into the Reds' battle to avoid the relegation play-off to WSL 2.

The bottom of the table is becoming increasingly congested as fellow strugglers West Ham won 2-1 at Leicester to drag their hosts into the mix.

That ensured four teams - also including Everton - are separated by just four points.

Finally, Manchester United kept up their pressure in the race for next season's Champions League.

Three second-half goals did for Aston Villa who remain in seventh position.

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Arsenal are in Fifa's inaugural Champions Cup this week with the chance to pocket a trophy and the biggest prize fund for a women's football competition: £1.7m.

To do so, they have to seat off Moroccan side AS FAR Rabat in the semi-finals on Wednesday before a potential final against either Corinthians or Gotham FC on Sunday, 1 February.

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Liverpool's latest signing Denise O'Sullivan is unperturbed by the prospect of a fight against relegation for the rest of this season and cites the ambition of the club in convincing her to join this January.

"I think the club has a clear vision," she told BBC Sport. "They want the team, in the next few years, to be up there and winning WSL titles.

"I know the situation that the team is in and the main thing is to help them get out of that situation and out of the relegation battle. That's what I want to give.

"When you come to a massive club like Liverpool, there's an automatic responsibility on your shoulders to perform and to give 100% for the shirt.

"It's really exciting for me and a big challenge. The club has a lot of history and has won numerous trophies. They're one of the biggest clubs in the world."

O'Sullivan, who has 128 caps for the Republic of Ireland, has watched Liverpool from afar and believes their performances deserved more points.

Now there is more competition in the squad from the new arrivals, O'Sullivan says Liverpool have been working on their "identity" in training.

"Their style of play is really going to suit me well. They're a high-pressing team which I love as a player. I'm aggressive," said O'Sullivan.

"They really do have a clear identity and style of play, and I know my role within the team now. You can hold each other accountable to that role.

"I think that's a really, really positive thing and Gareth [Taylor] has been great so far. He's a really good coach and the little details that he sees is something that I haven't had that much of."

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On Saturday, Arsenal beat Chelsea in the Women's Super League for first time since 2018-19, thanks to goals from Beth Mead and Mariona Caldentey.

The result moved the Gunners within one point of their London rivals, with Chelsea missing the chance to close the gap on leaders Manchester City.

Chelsea midfielder Erin Cuthbert has been speaking to BBC Sport about the importance "tough" conversations had in the early stages of her career.

The Scotland international also discussed the Women's Super League title race and how her side cannot allow themselves to focus solely on league leaders Manchester City, with Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United following closely behind.

Chelsea face Arsenal on Saturday (12:30 GMT) hoping to close the gap to City to just three points before they travel to London City Lionesses the following day.

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Chelsea boss Sonia Bompastor says the club are "probably close" to announcing a new stadium option as they start to outgrow primary stadium Kingsmeadow.

Their Kingston-based ground has a capacity of 4,850, including 2,265 seats, and is usually sold out. They also use Stamford Bridge for one-off games but in general, attendances still lag far behind those of London rivals Arsenal, despite Chelsea having won significantly more trophies in recent seasons.

Attendance leaders Arsenal now play all home matches at their 60,000-seater Emirates Stadium and are averaging 36,450 fans per game. Last year, they had a high of 56,748 for the north London derby against Tottenham.

Meanwhile Chelsea's average is nearly 30,000 fewer, at 6,397.

Before taking on Arsenal in the Women's Super League on Saturday, BBC Sport asked Bompastor how Chelsea can begin to close that gap.

"Congrats to Arsenal because they are doing an amazing job with their fanbase," she said. "That's probably where every club wants to be.

"A lot of conversations are happening in the background with me, the club's ownership and CEO Aki [Mandhar]. We want to move in that direction. We expect 30,000 tomorrow and are excited to go into that atmosphere with these fans."

Brentford are among the clubs known to be open to hosting additional football matches at their 17,250-capacity stadium in west London, while Queens Park Rangers and Wimbledon also play in grounds larger than Kingsmeadow.

"It's important for clubs like Chelsea to have a back-up plan," Bompastor added.

"The club is having some really good conversations about the future and the stadium because when you play many games in a season with your men's team and women's team, and you play Champions League, sometimes you can have clashes."