Mary Fowler made historical past within the Ladies’s Tremendous League (WSL) as Manchester Metropolis cruised to a 4-0 victory over Liverpool on the Joie Stadium. The winger, in glorious kind, assisted each of Khadija Shaw’s first-half objectives, changing into the primary participant to have at the very least two aim contributions in 4 consecutive league video games.
Metropolis dominated from the beginning however didn’t break the impasse till the thirtieth minute. Shaw, performed onside by Jenna Clark after receiving a intelligent go from Fowler, took a fast contact earlier than ending into the bottom-right nook. Simply earlier than half-time, Shaw scored once more with one other nice contact and end.
Liverpool might have been forward on the break if Ceri Holland had scored her one-on-one likelihood within the 18th minute, however she fired straight at Metropolis goalkeeper Rebecca Knaak.
Metropolis continued to manage the sport within the second half, coming shut early on via Aoba Fujino. The sport was sealed when Jill Roord hit the put up and scored from the rebound. Liverpool’s night time worsened when Gracie Prior, on her first league begin, scored her first WSL aim with a cross-cum-shot that discovered the top-left nook.
Manchester Metropolis supervisor Gareth Taylor was happy together with his workforce’s efficiency. “It was good, I believe the women adopted the sport plan very well,” he mentioned. “We knew Liverpool can be aggressive and so they had some moments, in all probability greater than we want, however we obtained gamers ahead into the field early, which was actually good.”
Liverpool supervisor Matt Beard admitted his facet made errors. “Within the first half, I obtained it flawed, we wanted to adapt faster, however we had many probabilities to attain. It might’ve been 6-4. We had been too passive within the first half, too sluggish to get into positions, and too targeted on avoiding turnovers. Within the second half, we did a little bit higher. It’s a irritating night time for us.”