Match ends, Liverpool Ladies 0, Manchester City Women 0.
25 May 2016
Man City winning run halted by Liverpool
Women's Super League One leaders Manchester City dropped their first points of the season after a frustrating stalemate at Liverpool.
The hosts started well, Karen Bardsley saving from Caroline Weir and Shanice van de Sanden thwarted by Lucy Bronze.
City then began to dominate, forcing Siobhan Chamberlain into saves from Toni Duggan and Bronze's fierce effort.
Liverpool came closest to a goal 12 minutes from time, Rosie White heading a Laura Coombs corner onto the bar.
The draw keeps City clear of Chelsea at the top heading into the mid-season break, while Liverpool are three points behind third-placed Birmingham.
Liverpool captain Gemma Bonner: "City are a great side who are top of league and flying high.
"We know the quality they possess in the team but we also know that we've got it as well, so for us we wanted to play our own game, disrupt them and I think to keep a clean sheet tonight, we're delighted with that.
"For us it's definitely a step in the right direction, I'm really proud of the girls' efforts tonight.
"We've been scoring a lot of goals this season but I think for us it was a really disciplined performance - I think tactically we were brilliant and our defensive shape was superb."
Manchester City midfielder Jennifer Beattie: "We're definitely disappointed not to get three points - with the run we've been on, we've been playing well, but unfortunately we just didn't match up to our standards today.
"A point is a point; we came in to get three - we've been on a good run and it's time to kick on for the next part of the season.
"We'll go onto the break, regroup and hope to get ourselves off to a winning start in the next half.
"It does feel like a loss, we've all said that after the game, but we'll look at it again, figure what went wrong and take it into the next game."
- Line-ups
- Match Stats
- Live Text
Line-ups
Liverpool Ladies
- 1Chamberlain
- 44Murray
- 5Bonner
- 22Greenwood
- 40HardingSubstituted forCharlesat 90'minutes
- 7Longhurst
- 6Ingle
- 8Coombs
- 10WeirSubstituted forLundhat 85'minutes
- 13White
- 11Van de SandenSubstituted forHodsonat 90+6'minutes
Substitutes
- 4van den Berg
- 9Lundh
- 12Gibbons
- 17Charles
- 20Zelem
- 33Pacheco
- 36Hodson
Manchester City Women
- 1Bardsley
- 2Bronze
- 6Houghton
- 23McManus
- 3Stokes
- 8Scott
- 5Beattie
- 7AsllaniSubstituted forChristiansenat 60'minutes
- 17ParrisSubstituted forStanwayat 82'minutes
- 16Ross
- 9DugganSubstituted forCorbozat 74'minutes
Substitutes
- 10Corboz
- 11Christiansen
- 12Stanway
- 14Tynan
- 20Campbell
- 21Hourihan
- Attendance:
- 936
Match Stats
Home TeamLiverpool LadiesAway TeamManchester City Women
- Possession
- Home42%
- Away58%
- Shots
- Home5
- Away14
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away3
- Corners
- Home3
- Away7
- Fouls
- Home7
- Away12
Live Text
Full Time
Second Half ends, Liverpool Ladies 0, Manchester City Women 0.
Attempt missed. Lucy Bronze (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Substitution
Substitution, Liverpool Ladies. Ashley Hodson replaces Shanice Van de Sanden.
Alex Greenwood (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jill Scott (Manchester City Women).
Attempt blocked. Jennifer Beattie (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Rosie White (Liverpool Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Isobel Christiansen (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Shanice Van de Sanden (Liverpool Ladies).
Lucy Bronze (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution
Substitution, Liverpool Ladies. Niamh Charles replaces Natasha Harding.
Kate Longhurst (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jill Scott (Manchester City Women).
Attempt blocked. Lucy Bronze (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Liverpool Ladies. Conceded by Demi Stokes.
Substitution
Substitution, Liverpool Ladies. Emma Lundh replaces Caroline Weir.
Substitution
Substitution, Manchester City Women. Georgia Stanway replaces Nikita Parris.
Rosie White (Liverpool Ladies) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box.
Corner, Liverpool Ladies. Conceded by Stephanie Houghton.
Substitution
Substitution, Manchester City Women. Daphne Corboz replaces Toni Duggan.
Attempt missed. Jane Ross (Manchester City Women) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Alex Greenwood (Liverpool Ladies) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Liverpool Ladies. Conceded by Stephanie Houghton.
Foul by Isobel Christiansen (Manchester City Women).
Laura Coombs (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Isobel Christiansen (Manchester City Women).
Laura Coombs (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution
Substitution, Manchester City Women. Isobel Christiansen replaces Kosovare Asllani.
Foul by Kosovare Asllani (Manchester City Women).
Satara Murray (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Manchester City Women. Conceded by Siobhan Chamberlain.
Attempt saved. Lucy Bronze (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Lucy Bronze (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Jennifer Beattie (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Corner, Manchester City Women. Conceded by Alex Greenwood.
Jill Scott (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Shanice Van de Sanden (Liverpool Ladies).
Second Half
Second Half begins Liverpool Ladies 0, Manchester City Women 0.
Half Time
First Half ends, Liverpool Ladies 0, Manchester City Women 0.
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