Liverpool, Manchester Metropolis and Manchester United all cruised into the fifth spherical of the Girls’s FA Cup as 55 targets have been scored throughout 12 matches on Sunday.
High-flight strugglers Liverpool banished their goalscoring woes by placing six previous fourth-tier London Bees, with six separate gamers on the scoresheet together with debutants Denise O’Sullivan and Martha Thomas.
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Girls’s Tremendous League leaders Metropolis cruised to a 6-0 win at third-tier Bournemouth, after Khadija Shaw opened the scoring with a thumping Nineteenth-minute header.
Three additional targets – a Lauren Hemp drive and a double from Laura Coombs – settled the competition earlier than half-time, with substitute Vivianne Miedema netting twice after the break as Metropolis stretched their unbeaten run to 16 video games in all competitions.
Their Manchester rivals United additionally made gentle work of their tie towards third-tier Burnley with a 5-0 victory.
Captain Maya Le Tissier put Marc Skinner’s facet forward after two minutes, with new signing Lea Schuller and 16-year-old academy graduate Layla Drury additionally heading in the right direction.
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In the one all-WSL tie of the spherical, 14-time winners Arsenal battled to a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa, with captain Kim Little claiming a purpose and an help.
“She is unbelievable. She does the whole lot 100%. She will be able to actually carry out at this degree,” Arsenal supervisor Renee Slegers informed Channel 4.
Second-tier Nottingham Forest pushed Brighton – with out supervisor Dario Vidosic, who was absent – all the best way at Broadfield Stadium.
Brighton edged in entrance by means of Madison Hayley’s penalty on the stroke of half-time earlier than Jelena Cankovic’s header secured victory late on.
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WSL 2 frontrunners Charlton Athletic have been the best scorers of the weekend, netting 10 with out reply in an emphatic show towards Swindon City.
Bristol Metropolis acquired the higher of fellow WSL 2 facet Southampton in the one tie that required additional time. The Robins levelled late within the second half to pressure a further half-hour, earlier than Emily Syme accomplished the turnaround within the 118th minute.
In the meantime fellow second-tier golf equipment Birmingham Metropolis and Sheffield United are additionally by means of after 6-2 and 2-1 wins over Hull Metropolis and Ipswich, and Oxford United noticed off Middlesborough 3-1 in the one all-third tier fixture.
York Metropolis of the Nationwide League have been the lowest-ranked facet left within the competitors, however their history-making run to the fourth spherical ended with a 3-0 loss at Chatham City.
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Debutants make their mark
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The theme of the fourth-round weekend was goalscoring debutants, with loads of gamers making an instantaneous influence on their first appearances for his or her new golf equipment.
Having struggled for targets this season, Liverpool’s victory over London Bees was spearheaded by two January recruits.
Republic of Eire worldwide Denise O’Sullivan, whose on Saturday night, scored inside two minutes, with fellow debutant Martha Thomas heading within the facet’s third purpose shortly after the half-hour mark.
Ahead Alice Bergstrom, who additionally, grabbed her first purpose too, albeit on her second look for the Reds.
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North-west neighbours Manchester United additionally had a few new names on the scoresheet.
Skilled striker Schuller, who , marked her first look with an in depth vary header, whereas teenager Drury got here off the bench to attain on her first senior skilled look with a left-footed drive from distance.
Girls’s FA Cup fourth-round outcomes
West Bromwich Albion 0-5 Everton
Newcastle United 0-3 West Ham
Sunderland 0-1 London Metropolis Lionesses
Chelsea 5-0 Crystal Palace
Tottenham 3-0 Leicester Metropolis
Bournemouth 0-6 Manchester Metropolis
Brighton 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Chatham City 3-0 York Metropolis
Ipswich City 1-2 Sheffield United
London Bees 0-6 Liverpool
Manchester United 5-0 Burnley
Oxford United 3-1 Middlesbrough
Southampton 1-2 Bristol Metropolis
Charlton Athletic 10-0 Swindon City
Hull Metropolis 2-6 Birmingham Metropolis
When is the Girls’s FA Cup fifth-round draw?
The draw for the fifth spherical will happen at 19:00 GMT on Monday, 19 January on the .
The fifth-round ties are scheduled to happen on Sunday, 22 February.
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Ben Haines, Ellen White and Jen Beattie are again for one more season of the Girls’s Soccer Weekly podcast. New episodes drop each Tuesday on BBC Sounds, plus discover interviews and further content material from the Girls’s Tremendous League and past on the
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