A flurry of second-half goals took Arsenal Ladies into the last eight of the FA Women's Cup and kept Vic Akers' side on target for a domestic 'treble'.
The holders started poorly against a stubborn Middlesbrough side and had no more than a couple of squandered half-chances to their name before the break. But that all changed in the second half as Akers' team showed more urgency and found their passing rhythm.
Arsenal Ladies
- 1
- Byrne
- 2
- Bassett
- 3
- Grant
- 4
- Flaherty
- 5
- Fahey 74
- 6
- Ludlow
- 7
- Little Goal!
- 8
- Chapman
- 9
- Yankey 70
- 10
- Davison
- 11
- Lander Goal! Goal!
Substitutes
- 12
- Pond 74
- 13
- Carney 70 Goal!
The Gunners eventually got their reward when Helen Lander was slotted the ball past Boro's goalkeeper from close range following a goal-mouth scramble.
Kim Little gave Arsenal some breathing space a few minutes later, finding the bottom corner from fully 25 yards.
Lander put the tie beyond Boro's reach when she headed home her second - and Arsenal's third - from Rachel Yankey's corner. And substitute Karen Carney added a fourth when her shot deflected off a Boro defender and floated over the keeper's head.
Arsenal Ladies
- 1
- Byrne
- 2
- Bassett
- 3
- Grant
- 4
- Flaherty
- 5
- Fahey 74
- 6
- Ludlow
- 7
- Little Goal!
- 8
- Chapman
- 9
- Yankey 70
- 10
- Davison
- 11
- Lander Goal! Goal!
Substitutes
- 12
- Pond 74
- 13
- Carney 70 Goal!