Two goals in an emphatic Arsenal victory five days after being recalled to the England squad, this was by far the best week of the last 12 months for Beth Mead.
It has been tough on and off the pitch for the forward. She ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in November 2022, missing the World Cup as a result, then lost her mother to Ovarian cancer in January.
But Mead has a smile on her face again and her performance against West Ham was akin to the type witnessed during last summer’s Euros, where she won the golden boot.