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As a crowd of over 46,000 packed into the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal took just five minutes to open the scoring when Katie McCabe's corner was met with a diving header by Russo.

She had her second goal just two minutes later when Olivia Smith played a delicate through ball, allowing Russo to take the ball around Lize Kop and tap home into an empty net.

Russo would've had an 11-minute hat-trick if not for a diving stop from close range by Kop.

Spurs pulled themselves back into the North London Derby from a corner. Amanda Nilden flicked on the original set-piece, and Frida Maanum got first contact on the ball to knock the ball past Daphne Van Domeselaar, and into her own net.

Russo bagged her first WSL hat-trick for the Gunners courtesy of a massive error from Kop. The Tottenham goalkeeper received the ball from Molly Bartip and played it straight to the Arsenal striker, who was never going to squander a gift like that.

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