MATCH PREVIEW: Liverpool Ladies v Chelsea Ladies

 Tomorrow Liverpool Ladies return to action following the international break with a visit from Chelsea Ladies.

 During the break Liverpool midfielder Fara Williams picked up her 130th international cap for England, making her the most capped England player of all-time. The incredible achievement was marked with an impressive 4-0 victory for England over Sweden, Lucy Bronze also started for the Lionesses while Natasha Dowie and Gemma Bonner were unused substitutes.

 Liverpool will be without Martha Harris, Ellie Stewart and Katie Zelem again for this tie, the trio are currently representing England at the U20 World Cup in Canada. England began their campaign on Wednesday night, drawing 1-1 with South Korea in the opening group games. Harris grabbed the equaliser in the second half.

 The reds enjoyed a successful month in July, with 4 straight wins including brilliant wins over Durham WFC and Bristol Academy and hard-earned victories against Everton Ladies and Doncaster Belles. Last time out Liverpool were overpowered by a strong Manchester City side and will be looking to bounce back from that defeat with a win.

 Libby Stout put in another outstanding shift at the Etihad, pulling off save after save to keep the score to just 1-0. City's only goal of the game came after taking a horrid deflection to beat the Liverpool No.1.

 During the earlier wins in July, Liverpool's attack had really begun to gel following the injury crisis the reds faced before the mid-season break. A rampant second half in Durham saw Gemma Davison and Katie Zelem grab a brace each, Natasha Dowie score her second of the game and even captain Gemma Bonner popped up with a goal.

 A couple of weeks later Kate Longhurst scored her first goal of the season with a derby winning strike as Stout again was impressive to keep Everton striker Nikita Parris out.

 Chelsea Ladies currently sit 5 points ahead of Liverpool in 2nd place, making this a must-win game for the reds as they cannot afford to let that gap widen further.

 Chelsea come into this game on the back of 4 straight wins against London Bees, Arsenal Ladies, Bristol Academy and Manchester City. They have conceded in each of their last 3 victories against the WSL1 sides and scored a last minute winner against Man City, after City captain Steph Houghton had been forced off through injury.

 Winter signing Ji So-Yun is the blues top scorer on 7 goals in 12 appearances while forward Eni Aluko is on 6. Another transfer window arrival Rachel Williams scored her first goal for Chelsea as she netted a hat-trick in the win over London Bees.

 The last two games between these two sides have been closely fought affairs, last August Liverpool narrowly overcame Chelsea through the dominating Nicole Rolser while the teams played out a 0-0 back in April. Both clubs will be going all out for the 3 points here, Chelsea looking to extend the gap between the top 2 and the rest of the league, while Liverpool need the 3 points to pull themselves back up the table.

 The game kicks off at 6:30pm, Select Stadium, Widnes. Tickets are priced £5 adults, £2.50 concessions.

 Apologies that this preview is up later than usual, I have been away watching Washington Spirit play in the NWSL - you can read about my trip here!

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Washington Spirit vs Chicago Red Stars

 In November 2012 the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) was launched, following the collapse of the Women's Professional Soccer league just months earlier.

 Washington Spirit were one of 8 teams chosen to compete in the inaugural season, which kicked off in April 2013. In order to follow the league more closely I decided to choose a team to support and went for Washington Spirit. I can't really explain that decision, having never been to Washington, players were yet to be announced and at this point no club badge had even been unveiled.

 Washington endured a tough first year in the NWSL, almost paralleling Liverpool Ladies first two years in the FAWSL, finishing bottom of the league and at the start of July 2013 they replaced their manager with Mark Parsons - who has also worked with Chelsea Ladies.

 The team drew their first game under the new manager before slipping to a losing streak of 7 games, with a couple of close results. Despite this August seen a turnaround in fortunes, after a month working with the first-team Washington recorded their first back-to-back wins of the season and finished with a 1-1 draw to Sky Blue FC.

 During the post-season, a number of high quality players arrived to further improve the squad; Crystal Dunn, Lisa Devanna, Christine Nairn and Jodie Taylor to name just a few.

 The 2014 Washington Spirit are flying high in the league and pushing for a play-off place, enjoying great support from the vocal 'Spirit Squadron'. Last season Washington averaged a gate of over 3,000 per game.

 The NWSL streams all it's games on YouTube, which is both a blessing and a curse in that you get to watch every game in it's entirety yet have to stay up until the early hours of the morning due to the time difference. It was during one of the games towards the end of the season last year, one that finished at 2am and having to be up for work at 6 that I decided in 2014 I would make the trip to catch a match in-person.

 As soon as I had enough money saved up and Liverpool's fixture list was announced, I booked flights for myself and my sister to New York and then a train onwards to Washington, DC. The game that didn't clash with any Liverpool fixtures was Chicago Red Stars on Saturday 2nd August.

 Again like Liverpool Ladies, Spirit play outside of Washington in a place called Germantown. There they play at a stadium named 'Maryland Soccerplex', alongside either side of the pitch are bleacher style stands while behind one of the goals is a stretch of grass where supporters can sit.

 Our seats were on the halfway line, right behind the team benches and just in front of the Ben & Jerry's ice cream stand! At the Soccerplex there are numerous food stands and a tent/ shop where you can purchase pre-printed shirts, pendants, keyrings and foam fingers all emblazoned with the club badge.

 Although the stadium is smaller than Liverpool's, it was the perfect size for the crowd and generated an easy-going, family atmosphere and the majority of supporters in attendance wore apparel with club logos and colours.

 Washington were without Jodie Taylor on the day, the striker had received a long overdue call-up to the England squad for the friendly against Sweden. Even without Taylor amongst their ranks, Spirit boast an impressive starting line-up with Lisa De Vanna up front, Kerstin Garefrekes just behind her, Lori Lindsay and Diana Matheson in midfield and a strong centre-back pairing of Ali Krieger and Niki Cross in front of goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris.

 From the opening whistle the Spirit looked confident and pushed forward in numbers, Diana Matheson in particular impressing - at times reminding me of Liverpool's brilliant Nicole Rolser, with pace, skill and great vision in creating opportunities for her team mates.

 Even when going a goal behind early, after Canadian international Melissa Tancredi set up Lori Chalupny to make it 1-0 to Chicago in under 5 minutes, Washington never let their heads drop and had a golden chance to equalise after Matheson almost set up Garefrekes midway through the first half. Battling her way through the Red Stars defence and sending an inch-perfect cross into the box but the header went just over the crossbar.

 The pace of the game in the second half seemed to shift up a notch, both teams wanting and needing the 3 points to remain in the hunt for a play-off spot. Minutes after the restart Christine Nairn equalised for Washington, the pass coming from Diana Matheson.

 Matheson was then an integral part of the winning goal - minutes after a superb save from the excellent Ashlyn Harris who was playing on despite taking a heavy knock during a set piece - the Canadian midfielder brilliantly kept the ball in play in the frantic final minutes of the game, passing to Lisa De Vanna who found the incoming Yael Averbuch outside the 18-yard box and who's strike sailed past the Chicago keeper into the top corner.

 The result moved Washington Spirit 6 points clear of Chicago Red Stars and puts them in 3rd place, equal on points to Portland Thorns who are on the same number of games and 7 points behind FC Kansas City. Spirit have a game in hand over Kansas and will face league leaders Seattle Reign this Saturday in another crucial clash. The top 4 teams in the NWSL qualify for the play offs.

 If anyone wants to watch a fantastic advert for the women's game, you can watch the match in full here:

  I had a truly fantastic time in Washington watching the game and meeting many of the people who work for the club. To finish this blog off I'd just like to add a couple of thank you's! Firstly thank you to Matt Beard and Mark Parsons for the brilliant tickets, post-match Mark introduced me and my sister to a few of the players and it was incredible to meet Christine Nairn, Diana Matheson, Ali Krieger and Kerstin Garefrekes. Thanks to assistant manager KJ Spisak for giving us a lift back to our hotel and finally thanks to club owner Bill Lynch and a lady who's name I did not catch for the signed footballs. Myself and my sister really appreciated the welcome we received at the club and I am definitely hoping to make it back for a game next season!

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MATCH REPORT: Manchester City 1 - 0 Liverpool Ladies

 After 4 straight wins, Liverpool Ladies slipped to a 1-0 defeat away to Manchester City Women earlier this afternoon.

 Liverpool were missing 3 players, with Ellie Stewart, Katie Zelem and Martha Harris in Canada preparing for the U20 World Cup with Engand. However the reds were boosted by the return of Claudia Walker who returned to the first-team squad after her recent spell with England U19s. Also amongst the substitutes was U17 FA Cup winner Mollie Green, who made the step up to the development squad in April and impressed over the last couple of months of their season.

 Libby Stout started in goal, with the back four of Lucy Bronze, captain Gemma Bonner, Nina Frausing and Corina Schroder in front of her. Fara Williams, Amanda DaCosta, Katrin Omarsdottir and Gemma Davison made up the midfield with Kate Longhurst and Natasha Dowie up front.

 Libby Stout was immense for Liverpool throughout the 90 minutes, time and time again coming out of her box to clear from the City attack. For the opening 10 minutes City pushed forward testing the Liverpool defence but Stout had them organised well and they could find no way through.

 Liverpool began to force themselves into the game, a Fara Williams free kick saw a glancing header by Katrin Omarsdottir headed just wide. Minutes later Amanda DaCosta tried to lob a ball over the blues back four for Natasha Dowie to chase but Karen Bardsley got there first.

 Corina Schroder made a number of runs forward on the left-wing, working hard to get crosses in and winning an early corner but Gemma Bonner couldn't get on the end of Williams' delivery.

 Kate Longhurst was then involved in a couple of good Liverpool attacks, Gemma Davison making a pacy run through the centre of the pitch and finding Longhurst of the edge of the area; her low ball into Dowie on the edge of the 6-yard box was cut out. Longhurst then almost got on the end of a DaCosta cross but the City keeper again got out to collect.

 The only goal of the game came after Amanda DaCosta headed away a corner, Joey Johnson picked up on the loose ball and fired a strike from outside the box. The shot looked to be going wide before deflected off a couple of players still inside the box and sailing over the line.

 Liverpool's defence then stepped up a gear, with Gemma Bonner doing well to win back possession and drive the ball forward. Lucy Bronze was pressing high up the pitch, first trying to get the ball across to Natasha Dowie and then winning a corner which was cleared.

 It was thanks to Libby Stout that the reds went in at half-time just a goal down, after winning possession in midfield City breached the Liverpool defence and spotted the Liverpool No.1 off her line. The lobbed shot was excellently saved by Stout as she got back and tipped the ball wide.

 The second-half continued the way the first-half carried on, with not many clear cut goal opportunities from either side.

 Kate Longhurst continued to work hard attempting to link Liverpool's midfield with the attack, Longhurst winning an early second-half corner with herself and Nina Frausing almost getting on the end of it. Longhurst was instrumental in another Liverpool attack minutes later, getting the ball back to Fara Williams who looked to be fouled but the referee waved play on.

 Liverpool's greatest chance to equalise came after Gemma Davison took on a number of players in the City box; unable to get a strike in herself, Davison turned and passed back to the incoming Katrin Omarsdottir but the Iceland agonisingly shot wide.

 In terms of the league table, the defeat leaves Liverpool in the same position - 3rd behind Birmingham and Chelsea. Now level on points with Manchester City, the reds remain in 3rd on goal difference. Next up for Liverpool will be Chelsea on 9th August, with 5 points separating the 2 teams this will be Liverpool's biggest game of the season and one they will need to win to ensure the gap in the table does not widen.

 XI: Stout, Bronze, Bonner (C), Frausing, Schroder, Williams, Katrin, DaCosta, Davison, Longhurst (Easton), Dowie

 Unused subs: Gibbons, Dale, Green, Hodson, Walker

 POTM: Fara Williams, consistent in midfield and worked hard throughout the 90 minutes. Libby Stout a close second.

 Liverpool's on-loan left-back Megan Alexander started for Oxford today, despite losing 2-1 to Watford it sounded like Alexander had a good game in her first start - clearing a shot off the line and creating opportunities going forwards.

 To finish off, I am going to be in the USA for 10 days from Tuesday so my twitter account may be a bit quieter than normal! Stick with me, I do have wifi in the hotel(s) so will be sharing the news - if any - during the international break as soon as I can. While over there I am going to see Washington Spirit take on Chicago Red Stars in the NWSL, which I am very excited about!

 Thanks for reading!

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MATCH PREVIEW: Manchester City v Liverpool Ladies

 This Sunday Liverpool Ladies will make the short trip to Manchester to take on Manchester City Women for the third time this season.

 Liverpool opened their season with a 1-0 victory over the league newcomers through a Natasha Dowie strike, however fell to a 2-1 defeat in the Continental Cup tie at the Etihad in May.

 That loss came in the middle of a tough run for Liverpool Ladies; 8 games stretched over 2 months saw just the 1 win, with 3 defeats and 4 draws. However following the defeat to Arsenal Ladies on 29th June, Liverpool have won each of their last 4 games - scoring 14 goals and conceding 4.

 Starting with a thumping 7-1 win away in the Cup at Durham WFC, the reds then fought Doncaster Belles and Everton Ladies to the final whistle in respective 3-2 and 1-0 victories. Last weekend saw a 3-1 win over last season's runners-up, Bristol Academy with manager Matt Beard citing the win as the reds best performance this season.

 The reds will be without Martha Harris, Katie Zelem and Ellie Stewart who will be away with England U20s in Canada for the World Cup. They could however be boosted by the return of Claudia Walker, who returns from the U19 Euros in Norway having both captained England during the opening game and scoring their only goal of the competition.

 Katrin Omarsdottir made her first start since the mid-season break away at Bristol, capping her performance with a goal - her 3rd in as many games against the Vixens.

 Gemma Bonner also doubled her goals tally for the season with a header from close range, while Gemma Davison netted a well-taken strike volleying home from a corner.

 Liverpool captain Bonner earned a well-deserved recall this week to the England squad ahead of their friendly against Sweden next weekend, she joins Lucy Bronze, Natasha Dowie and Fara Williams in the 23-woman squad. Davison somehow missed out on the final squad yet again, despite Mark Sampson being in attendance at the Bristol game last weekend. Fara Williams is in line to become the most capped England player of all-time, should Williams feature against Sweden she will bypass Rachel Yankey and collect her 130th international cap.

 Manchester City also find themselves affected by the U20 World Cup, they will be without Natasha Flint who has scored City's only goal in their last two matches.

 Toni Duggan is their top scorer, the winter signing from Everton has bagged herself 7 goals in 14 appearances so far. Both Isabel Christianson and Abbie McManus have scored their only goals for Man City against Liverpool.

 Last time out City lost away to Chelsea Ladies, a tough away trip as Liverpool found back in April. They lost captain Steph Houghton to a head injury in the first-half and she could be a doubt for Sunday.

 So far this season Manchester City have been beaten by Bristol, Doncaster Belles, Chelsea and Birmingham, all teams that Liverpool have avoided defeat to making this an important game for both sides.

 Currently Liverpool sit 3 points ahead of Manchester City in 3rd place, 2 points behind 2nd placed Chelsea. A win here would extend the gap between the top 3 and the rest of the table.

 Manchester City play at the Etihad Stadium, tickets on the gate cost £6 adults and £3 concessions. The game will kick off 2pm this Sunday 27th July.

 Again apologies for no tweets during the game against Bristol - I was in London! -, make sure you're following on Sunday for updates throughout the 90 minutes. The link to my twitter is below!

 To finish off on a non-game related note, this week I visited Anfield and had to stop off to pay a visit to our WSL trophy. It was great to see it displayed in the museum alongside all the fantastic memorabilia gathered there - including Natasha Dowie's boots from last season!

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MATCH PREVIEW: Bristol Academy v Liverpool Ladies

 Tomorrow Liverpool Ladies travel to Bristol Academy, 3 days after a hard-earned victory over Everton Ladies.

 Last season this away clash produced one of the games of the season, as Liverpool raced 3-1 ahead with goals from Louise Fors, Nicole Rolser and Katrin Omarsdottir. With a 2-goal cushion Liverpool lost their way slightly and Bristol managed to pull the score back to 3-3, before Gemma Bonner stepped up to smash home a captains goal minutes from time to take all 3 important points.

 Liverpool would face Bristol again just 6 weeks later, in a game that was the decide the winner of the 2013 Women's Super League. The reds made no mistakes during this game as goals from Louise Fors and Katrin Omarsdottir gave Liverpool their first major honour in women's football.

 Both sides have undertaken a couple of changes in the 10 months since they last faced each other, most notably Bristol have lost goalkeeper Siobhan Chamberlain to Arsenal and have a new manager in Dave Edmondson.

 Louise Fors has departed Liverpool, while Nicole Rolser will also be missing for the reds as she has been all season with a serious knee injury.

 Of the Liverpool goalscorers against Bristol last season, Katrin Omarsdottir and Gemma Bonner remain. Katrin returning from injury herself and making appearances in the last two wins over both Doncaster Belles and Everton. Bonner has been an influential presence yet again and ever-present in Liverpool's brilliant back four, scoring once so far in 2014 during the 7-1 victory over Durham WFC.

 In their previous two matches Bristol Academy have been away at league leaders Birmingham City. Winning the first Continental Cup clash 5-0 and then losing the league game 2-1 just 3 days later.

 Bristol boast an impressive attacking and defensive line-up, Natasha Harding, Natalia and Laura Del Rio have 13 goals between them in 11 games. While at the back they have Jemma Rose and captain Corinne Yorsten.

 The Vixens also have a game in hand over Liverpool, sitting 2 points behind us in the league table. Every game in the WSL so far this year has been fiercely contested and this clash should be no different, both teams will be wanting to take all 3 points.

 There will be no match updates on twitter and no match report for this game on the blog, I'm in London for the weekend (don't ask where - I would never admit to it!). Make sure you follow @LFCladies for updates during the match. Normal service will resume next weekend for Manchester City away!

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MATCH REPORT: Liverpool Ladies 1 - 0 Everton Ladies

 Liverpool Ladies claimed their first derby victory over Everton Ladies this season earlier tonight, beating the blues 1-0 with a Kate Longhurst strike. 

 Having won their previous two cup games, Liverpool went into this game with 10 goals scored and with perhaps more confidence than before the break when they drew their last two league games before returning to a home defeat to Arsenal.

 Despite this it was Everton who had the majority of the chances within the opening 10 minutes, Nikita Parris with an early strike that was brilliantly saved by Libby Stout - Liverpool's No.1 excellently getting down to save from close range from the striker.

 Liverpool tried to push forward but kept finding themselves penned inside their own half, losing possession on the halfway line and then conceding a free kick which Kate Longhurst defended well to head out for a corner; the resulting corner headed wide with two Evertonians down needing treatment.

 Following the early burst of Everton activity, Liverpool began to find their rhythm; Libby Stout sending a short goal kick to Fara Williams who almost picked out Longhurst up front with the long ball but the defender got there first.

 Next Gemma Davison, continuing her fantastic form this half of the season playing predominantly through the centre did well to win a corner which Williams took and almost reached Gemma Bonner.

 Continuing the frantic opening ten minutes, Everton again attempted to breach the Liverpool defence on the counter attack - with Corina Schroder and Kate Longhurst joining forces to stop Nikita Parris from getting a strike in.

 Straight down the other end another brilliant run from Davison picked out Katie Zelem on the right, her ball across the box back to Davison and Natasha Dowie was chased down by the pair and sent towards the goal - Rachel Brown-Finnis collecting despite the oncoming Amanda DaCosta. 

 The only goal of the game came after Corina Schroder did fantastically well towards the corner, holding off 3 blue players to turn and get a pass to the edge of the box to Natasha Dowie. Dowie found Kate Longhurst waiting on the edge of the 18-yard box for the forward to confidently smash home her first goal of the season.

 The game continued to be end-to-end for the remainder of the first-half and the second, shortly after the reds took the lead Liverpool again finding themselves under heavy fire - Nina Frausing pairing exceptionally well with Gemma Bonner to consistently elude Nikita Parris' chances, the blues number 9 finding herself frustratedly pushed out wide and not managing to wreak as much damage as the 2-0 Everton win here back in April.

 Libby Stout also continued to prove why she is becoming one of the best goalkeepers in the Women's Super League, commanding her box and comfortably coming out off her line to collect long ball, corners and crosses. 

 At the beginning of the second-half it was Liverpool who showed the most attacking intent, immediately setting off down the right hand side with Amanda DaCosta. Everton defended well to force the Liverpool midfielder to pass back, eventually coming to Schroder who's cross was blocked.

 From the blocked cross Everton counter-attacked, Schroder getting back and across the face of goal to help out Stout at the back and clear for Liverpool this time to mount the attack.

It was Kate Longhurst who had the greatest chance to double the reds lead, a great cross from Natasha Dowie reaching Longhurst on the 6-yard box but unfortunately she couldn't connect with it properly and the chance went wide. 

 Gemma Bonner also almost got on the end of a Fara Williams free kick minutes later, the initial free kick sailing over her head but passed back in for the skipper to attempt a scissor kick but again the blues defence was strong and managed to get the ball clear. At the other end Bonner also fantastically shielded the ball across the face of goal, Everton got the ball back in from the clearance but it was easy for Stout to collect. 

 Martha Harris and Katrin Omarsdottir replaced Katie Zelem and Kate Longhurst during the second-half that produced many chances for each team to press forward. 

 The game played out to a hugely important 1-0 victory for Liverpool, despite a glorious late chance for Gemma Davison who almost went one-on-one with the keeper only for Fern Whelan to get back across the face of goal - forcing Davison to turn and shoot, which was saved by Brown.

 POTM: Corina Schroder

 XI: Stout, Bronze, Bonner (C), Frausing, Schroder, Williams, DaCosta, Zelem  (Harris), Davison, Longhurst (Katrin), Dowie

 3 points mean Liverpool move to 3rd in the table, ahead of Manchester City and Notts County's clash tomorrow evening. Next up for the reds they travel to Bristol Academy on Saturday, last season this was the game that set Liverpool's title hopes alight with a magnificent strike from Gemma Bonner who netted the winning goal in a 4-3 battle. For the first time (and only) this season there will be no match report on the blog for this game, I am in London for the weekend and unable to make it! Make sure you are following @LFCladies on twitter for match updates while the game is in play.

 In other news this week, on Tuesday England U19s played their opening game of the UEFA Championships in Norway and despite falling to a 2-0 defeat to Sweden it was brilliant to see Claudia Walker captaining and leading the side. Their next game will be on Friday against Republic of Ireland. 

MATCH PREVIEW: Liverpool Ladies v Everton Ladies

 Tomorrow evening Liverpool Ladies will host Everton Ladies in the third derby this season.

 Back in April the two Merseyside clubs came face-to-face in both The FA Cup and the Continental Cup, with Everton knocking the reds out of the former and holding them to a 0-0 draw in the latter.

 Both teams currently occupy the bottom half of the WSL table, Everton holding up the bottom of the league in 8th and Liverpool 4 points ahead in 5th. The two sides have also each scored just 2 goal in 5 league games so far this year, the reds however have scored 10 goals in their last two Continental Cup games - leading goal scorer Natasha Dowie leading the way with 4 goals in her last two, while Amanda DaCosta, Katie Zelem, Gemma Davison and Gemma Bonner have also each contributed.

 Matt Beard has spoken of how he has used the games against Durham and Doncaster to try different systems, Gemma Davison being deployed primarily through the middle of the pitch and creating openings for Natasha Dowie and Kate Longhurst playing just ahead of her. Liverpool second goal on Saturday against Doncaster came after Davison went on one of her many rampaging runs, her shot saved but punched out only as far as Amanda DaCosta who made no mistakes from 6 yards out.

 Liverpool were also boosted by the return of Katrin Omarsdottir, the Icelandic returning from injury at the weekend as a second-half substitute and giving Matt Beard a welcome selection headache with almost a full squad to choose from. Still missing for Liverpool are of course Nicole Rolser and Lucy Staniforth who will miss the entire league campaign, they are also without Claudia Walker who is on international duty.

 Like Liverpool, Everton Ladies have won their last two games in the Continental Cup - scoring 5 and conceding one. The blues will be desperate to lift themselves from the bottom of the league table, defeat here if Arsenal and Manchester City manage to pick up points in their fixtures this week will see a gap begin to open up between them and the rest of the league.

 The blues last outing in the league saw a home defeat to Chelsea Ladies. Everton started the game brightly, utilising the talent and pace of Nikita Parris on the counter attack, but faded over the course of the 90 minutes. Parris has 7 goals in 11 appearances for the toffees this season and will be the player the Liverpool defence need to keep under control.

 Everton will be without Millie Turner who is also away with England U19s.

 The game is at Select Stadium, Widnes and will kick off at 6:30pm. Tickets can be purchased on the gate for £5 adults, £2.50 concessions, Anfield season ticket holders are permitted free entry to all Liverpool Ladies home games.

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