Elsewhere in the WSL today … A win for Liverpool would have meant they ended the weekend top of the table. In the end Manchester City have that honour. I found it quite hard to keep a seven-month old from not crying when it was just the two of us, so in front of thousands of football fans must be quite tricky. Toni Duggan brings baby Luella onto the pitch and the baby is very unhappy. Maybe she is a Liverpool fan. Everton go to celebrate with their fans in the corner. They deserved their win today. Full time: Liverpool 0-1 Everton Liverpool’s perfect start is over thanks to Finnigan’s header. Liverpool were pretty flat throughout and Everton well-organised, taking their best chance to settle the match. 90+5 mins: Liverpool break in numbers and the ball reaches Flint on the edge of the box. She has time to set herself but her shot is always rising over. 90+4 mins: A dangerous cross is sent into the box but Payne just beats Lawley to the ball. Much to Liverpool’s chagrin, a goal kick is given. 90+2 mins: Everton are pressing here, leaving three people up to win the ball back inside the Liverpool box, which might be excessive. 90+1 mins: Everton are fuming with the referee as she fails to stop the game after Payne takes ball to the chin (or thereabouts). Brosnan comes out to rant at Byrne and is shown the yellow card. 90 mins: Lawley crosses into the box and Lundgaard volleys over. Six minutes added on. 89 mins: Liverpool launch a free-kick into the box. Brosnan comes but gets nowhere near it. The ball eventually reaches Flint but she drags her shot well wide. 88 mins: Vanhaevermaet is booked for something or other. 87 mins: Payne runs into space down the right to collect a ball over the top. She takes her time before aiming her cross for the middle but it misses everyone in a blue shirt and Liverpool escape. 85 mins: Snoeijs has another go after cutting in onto her left foot but this time it comes off the bar. Everton will not want to be left ruing that one … 83 mins: Duggan plays the ball through for Snoeijs, who takes a good touch to get it out of her feet before firing at goal but Laws is more than equal to it, palming the ball wide. 81 mins: Holland looks to get behind Payne but the defender recovers well and wins the ball back. Easy. Liverpool send on Lundgaard for Hobinger. 79 mins: Liverpool look to break … but Holland passes the ball straight out of play. This really has been a sloppy performance. The referee books Payne for timewasting from the throw-in. 77 mins: Hinds goes into the book for a foul on Holmgaard. It is a cynical one to stop the sub going through on goal. The free-kick is not a bad one but goes just over Vanhaevermaet and out for a goal kick. 75 mins: Hinds aims a pass down the line to no one and it dribbles out for a goal kick. Liverpool are very short of ideas. 73 mins: Everton do not look particularly mithered by anything Liverpool are doing. Holmgaard, Duggan and Olesen on, Bennison, Sorensen and Galli off. 70 mins: Everton are lining up some fresh legs. Duggan and two teammates are readying themselves on the sidelines. In the meantime, Enderby gets a chance in the box but she gets no power behind her shot and Brosnan gobbles it up. 68 mins: There are appeals for a Liverpool penalty when Enderby goes down in the box. The sub chops back and gives the impression her leg is taken away from her by Wheeler. The replay shows it is a disgusting dive. It is genuinely pathetic and deserves to be booked. I am quite impressed by how bad it is. 66 mins: No immediate impact from the subs … the crowd and team are pretty flat. 63 mins: These changes really need to breathe new life into this Liverpool team because they have looked very flat for a long time. Instead, a poor Laws clearance almost lets Everton in. There is essentially no composure within the Liverpool team at the moment. 61 mins: Matthews, Flint, Lawley and Enderby on. Bonner, Koivisto, Kearns and Haug off. 59 mins: Looks like Liverpool are lining up a quadruple change, which is pretty modern. 57 mins: Liverpool are not clicking at all and are struggling to cope with Everton’s pressure when trying to defend. 55 mins: Kearns is the latest to roll around on the deck but she is soon back up after a knock from Wheeler. Another corner creates a chance for Everton as Vanhaevermaet heads inches wide. Liverpool are struggling with set-pieces. Snoeijs is on for Bissell. 53 mins: Hobinger is down now. The physios are on to see if she can continue. 51 mins: Peter Oh tries to bring some culture to this blog: “At the risk of sounding too literary about the Everton goal, the Liverpool defence was left in Finnigan’s wake.” We will have no more of it. 49 mins: It looks like she will be OK to continue, at least. 47 mins: Liverpool have started like they did in the first half by dominating possession. Sadly, Everton have had a similar start, too, with Vanhaevermaet on the deck after an ankle issue. Second half Here we go again! Half-time reading … Half time: Liverpool 0-1 Everton It looked early on like Liverpool would dominate but Everton gradually grew into the match. Once Finnigan opened the scoring, Everton became the better team and Liverpool have been unable to match them. 45+2 mins: Everton go relatively direct for once, forcing Bonner to turn. Bissell chases her down and wins a throw-in well into the Liverpool half as Everton look to get to half time unscathed. 45 mins: Four minutes added on. 44 mins: Hobinger is the next person to attack down the left but Everton get across to her quickly to force another corner. It is low to the front post and eventually laid into Holland’s path but her shot is blocked. 41 mins: Hinds, who has been Liverpool’s most dangerous player, gets down the left once more but Payne matches her stride for stride and sends the ball out for a corner, which comes to nothing. 39 mins: Everton are looking more dangerous in the final third, making use of the space on either flank because Liverpool are keeping their wing-backs high.
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