Bristol City remain winless in the WSL as they suffered a record loss to Arsenal on Sunday.
The Robins lost 11-1 to top of the table Arsenal, with Gunners forward Vivianne Miedema scoring six goals during the rout.
The Dutch star, top scorer in the Barclays FA Women’s Super League last season, teed up goals for Lisa Evans and Leah Williamson before scoring three herself in a relentless first-half display.
Bristol City sit 11th in the table on three points, two points off bottom club Liverpool - the only two clubs yet to pick up a win in the competition.
Miedema added a further treble after the break, going on to assist Jordan Nobbs and a second for Evans.
Emma Mitchell was the other Arsenal goalscorer with Yana Daniels adding a late consolation goal for City. It was a FA WSL record score, surpassing Liverpool's 9-0 win over Doncaster Rovers Belles in 2013.
Arsenal took the lead inside seven minutes, Danielle Van de Donk freeing Miedema down the left, whose cross was nodded in by Evans.
Another sensational delivery from the 23-year-old led to the second three minutes later, with Williamson diving to add a second.
Miedema put Arsenal 3-0 up inside 15 minutes, working the ball into the box and rifling home before converting again from close range just after the half-hour mark.
Miedema secured her hat-trick four minutes later, converting the rebound after her own shot was parried weakly, and she picked up where she left off after half-time with a wonderful fourth from out wide.
The striker’s fourth goal was a wonderful strike from the corner of the box five minutes into the second half.
And she turned provider again three minutes later, Nobbs converting from close range.
Miedema turned in Evans’ cross two minutes later to net her fifth inside 56 minutes and the returned the favour as she found Evans for a cushioned volley to make it nine.
In the 65th minute, Miedema scored her sixth, finishing well from a tight angle before substitute Mitchell fired in from inside the box with ten minutes left.
A tough afternoon for Bristol City ended when Daniels tapped home the rebound from her penalty for a late consolation.
Bristol City manager Tanya Oxtoby said: "The players are devastated, as are the staff. We have to put it behind us and move forward. It builds character and we’ve got three massive games before Christmas and that is the period where we’re looking for a reaction from the players.
"You look at our squad today and they’re mostly academy products. When you compare them to the calibre of Arsenal’s weaponry then they’re chalk and cheese. And we’re aware of that and we have to take positives from it and it was good for some of the younger players to get some minutes under their belts.
"There’s positives in the last few games but for me that performance was not acceptable and we need to move on now. There’s nothing to be learned from this game because they didn’t were asked to do and what we hoped to do. We need to regroup, refocus and get back to what we're good at."
Miedema said: "I think we played well for the whole 90 minutes, and we wanted to score more goals throughout, which I think says a lot about the team today.
"We want to win the league again and qualify for the Champions League. The last few games have been really difficult for us, so it was important to raise the goal difference.
"I felt really good. I was probably happier with the assists than with the goals. We’ve still got three more games and we need to focus and make sure we get six more points in the league and win in the cup.
"We created more space with three-at-the-back. We knew where we could get at Bristol having played them recently. We’ve got the players to play three or four at the back which really helps."
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