Ladies’s Tremendous League
Liverpool 4 – 1 Aston Villa FT
Fisk ensured Liverpool have been spared any nervy moments within the closing minutes [Getty Images]
Liverpool moved off the foot of the Ladies’s Tremendous League desk as late objectives from captain Grace Fisk and substitute Aurelie Csillag capped a dominant show towards Aston Villa.
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The guests’ defensive issues continued as Liverpool surged 2-0 forward contained in the opening quarter-hour.
Gareth Taylor’s hosts took the lead when Ceri Holland despatched the ball throughout the field into the trail of Mia Enderby, who slotted previous Villa goalkeeper Sabrina D’Angelo.
Liverpool’s momentum continued as January mortgage signing Martha Thomas scored her second league aim of the season.
Holland once more performed the ball into the field as Thomas charged in alongside Villa’s Miri Taylor.
Each stretched to succeed in the ball which flew into the air off Taylor’s leg, and because it got here down Thomas did nicely to poke previous D’Angelo.
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Natalia Arroyo’s Villa facet ended the half strongly and a second aim of the season for former Reds midfielder Taylor bought them again into the competition. She met Kirsty Hanson’s cross on the sting of the field and despatched the ball flying previous goalkeeper Jennifer Falk.
Villa have been dealt a blow when D’Angelo was pressured off within the opening minutes of the second half after colliding with Liverpool defender Alejandra Bernabe. Ellie Roebuck changed her in aim.
The sport opened up within the closing quarter-hour as probabilities got here at each ends, with Villa’s Hanson drawing a save from Falk because the away facet sought an equaliser.
Fisk stepped as much as put the sport past Villa, volleying previous Roebuck after a nook was solely half cleared.
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Csillag ran by means of to attain Liverpool’s fourth in added time, including to Villa’s distress as they misplaced a 3rd consecutive league sport.
Liverpool nudge up a spot to eleventh place, leaving Leicester on the backside of the pile, albeit with a sport in hand on the Reds.
Evaluation: Liverpool on the up as Villa battle
Liverpool have now scored 9 objectives of their newest 5 WSL video games, with Holland proving a inventive affect.
The help for Enderby’s opener was her third of the season, earlier than Holland performed a component within the second aim too.
The Reds dominated the sport’s total statistics, with 5 pictures on the right track, 4 large probabilities and 10 pictures tried from contained in the field.
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For Aston Villa, it was a irritating afternoon. Regardless of main the go rely 448-408, they have been discovered missing within the remaining third. That they had no large probabilities, three corners, three pictures on the right track and simply six pictures contained in the field.
Arroyo may also have to have a look at rectifying the truth that Villa proceed to concede at a worrying price. Solely West Ham (34) have shipped greater than Villa’s 29 objectives towards to date this season.
Additionally they let in 4 towards Manchester United a fortnight in the past, and 6 towards Manchester Metropolis in December.
Villa’s most up-to-date clear sheet got here in a 3-0 residence win towards Liverpool two months in the past, however this rematch was a distinctly completely different story.
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What’s subsequent for these groups?
Subsequent up for Liverpool is a tricky journey to face reigning champions Chelsea on Sunday, 15 February (12:00 GMT).
Aston Villa face Tottenham Hotspur on the identical day (12:00 GMT).