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Women’s Championship Liverpool show their quality in cup encounter

2021-12-12T15:03:00.000Z

CLARETS BOW OUT OF WOMEN’S FA CUP

Women’s Championship Liverpool show their quality in cup encounter

2021-12-12T15:03:00.000Z

Women’s Championship Liverpool show their quality in cup encounter

Burnley FC Women were knocked out of the Women’s FA Cup in the Third Round following a 4-0 defeat to Liverpool FC Women.

The reds, who are flying high in the women’s Championship, having not lost a game, showed their dominance on the day, scoring three goals in the second half to secure a Fourth-Round place.

Burnley showed great composure in the first half, working hard to minimise any Liverpool efforts on goal.

Welcoming Mel Brown back for her first start in over a season, the Clarets remained solid defensively.

Liverpool enjoyed plenty of possession and a run of corners. On the 15th minute, two consecutive corners ensured the reds piled on the pressure. The first was cleared well and Clarets Captain, Keeper Bracewell calmly collected the second.

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Shortly after, a ball through to Evie Priestley saw the Liverpool keeper high off her line. Priestley managed to get in behind but was ushered off the ball by reds defenders.

On the half hour mark, a Liverpool free-kick hit Molinari in Burnley’s wall but the home side couldn’t capitalise and were penned back into their own half by the well organised visitors.

The scoring was opened on the 37th minute, when a Melissa Lawley corner into a crowded penalty area, saw Bracewell rise but the ball fell to Rachel Furness who tapped home, 0-1.

Despite the opposition taking the lead at the break, the Clarets could be pleased with the work ethic shown in the first half to minimise Liverpool’s attacking threats.

Three changes for the visitors at the beginning of the second half saw Kearns, Wardlaw and Moore enter the fray, for Holland, Roberts, and Robe.

As the pace of the game remained high, on the 56th minute, Furness doubled the visitors lead firing a shot at goal, 0-2.

An injured Dom Cooper saw the Clarets make their first change, with Kerry Hope making a return to the side after a lengthy spell out.

Hope and the Clarets pressed on as the game entered the final twenty minutes.

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Manager Matt Bee made another substitution with Mel Brown making way for Olivia Greenhalgh, with the midfielder called straight into action against the reds who were pushing forward at every opportunity, buoyed by their two-goal lead.

Positive play from Millie Ravening in midfield saw Hamer, Priestley, and Willis push forward but Liverpool pressed high and allowed the home side little in way of time on the ball.

Liverpool Captain Niamh Fahey made it three, when she got on the end of another Melissa Lawley corner to head home, 0-3.

As Liverpool led, in the final ten minutes Burnley pushed on. Nicola Worthington worked hard in midfield both defensively and in an attempt to push the Clarets forward.

Further reds corners were cleared well by the backline, with Megan Dykes and Olivia Wilson snuffing out danger.

As the game drew to a close, Liverpool scored their fourth of the afternoon on the 86th minute, when Daniels sped down the left-hand side and cut the ball back to Melissa Lawley, who kept her composure to finish and make it 0-4.

Burnley FC Women Manager, Matt Bee said: “I’m proud of all the players today. We applied game plan well and the structure was good. The effort and intensity were fantastic, and I thought we controlled their threats well in the first half.

“We wanted to try and impose ourselves higher up the pitch in the second half, whilst also retaining our shape. I thought we did that well. We opened in the last 20 minutes and Liverpool found some good spaces and moments to add to the score. The score line is disappointing, but I can’t fault any of the players today.”

Burnley: Bracewell, Cooper (Hope 68), Wilson, Brown (Greenhalgh 71), Dykes, Worthington, Ravening, Hamer, Willis, Priestley, Molinari

Subs: Farrell

Liverpool: Laws, Roberts (Wardlaw 46), Robe (Moore 45), Fahey, Matthews, Hinds, Holland (Kearns 46), Furness, Lawley, Daniels, Hodson

Subs: Clarke, Humphrey, Campbell, Parry, Walters

The Clarets attention now returns to the league and the last game of 2021, as they get set to travel to Nottingham Forest Women on Sunday 19th December.