Women’s Super League: Lauren Hemp hits double as Manchester City see off lively Liverpool

The defending champions Manchester City continued their winning start to the new Women’s Super League season but they needed a 90th-minute own goal from Grace Fisk to help them edge past an ever-improving Liverpool side after an entertaining game which also saw Lauren Hemp score twice. The Liverpool defender inadvertently turned Grace Clinton’s dangerous cross into her own net to put City 3-2 up and then – with Liverpool searching for an equaliser and committing players forward deep in stoppage time – Hemp added another on the counterattack to make it 4-2 and widen the margin of victory, but that slightly masked how well the visitors had played. Gareth Taylor – taking on his former side – will have taken significant encouragement from his Liverpool team’s performance, on a night when they made the league leaders dig deep. Continue reading...

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