Published: 18 August, 2011
by STEVE BARNETT

THE Arsenal Ladies manager Laura Harvey believes that the inaugural Women’s Super League title is theirs to lose.

Goals from Kim Little, Ellen White and Steph Houghton saw the Gunners keep their title bid on track with a convincing 3-0 win over Doncaster Rovers Belles on Sunday.

The result leaves Arsenal two points behind leaders Birmingham with a game in hand, and Harvey is confident her side can now go on to become the first club to lift the Super League crown.

“The outcome is in our own hands again and that always has to be the plan,” she told Arsenal.com.

“If we go on and win the title from here we would have done it through our own merit. No one can punish us now but ourselves.”

The Gunners face Everton at Boreham Wood FC tonight (Thursday), in a match that will be televised live on ESPN.

The Toffees have been Arsenal’s closest rivals over the past few years and inflicted a 3-1 defeat on the north Londoners earlier in the season.

If Arsenal can net wins over Everton and Liverpool in their final fixture they will be crowned champions. Harvey insists her side will be able to cope with the big occasion. “We have been in these high-pressure situations before and very rarely do we not deliver,” she said.

On Sunday Arsenal took the lead against Doncaster on the stroke of half time when Julie Fleeting set-up Little, who drilled her shot into the top corner for her fourth goal in three games.

White doubled the lead in the 76th minute with a superb left-foot volley, before substitute Houghton wrapped up the win in injury-time with a header.