Liverpool Ladies 0-0 Manchester City Women

Manchester City are yet to concede a goal in seven league games

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."

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Line-ups

Liverpool Women

• 1Chamberlain
• 44Murray
• 5Bonner
• 6Ingle
• 22Greenwood
• 7Longhurst
• 8Coombs
• 11Van de SandenSubstituted forHodsonat 90+6'minutes
• 13White
• 40HardingSubstituted forCharlesat 90'minutes
• 10WeirSubstituted forLundhat 85'minutes

Substitutes

• 4van den Berg
• 9Lundh
• 12Gibbons
• 17Charles
• 20Zelem
• 33Pacheco
• 36Hodson

Man 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

Referee:

Martin Woods

Attendance:

936

Match Stats

Home TeamLiverpool WomenAway TeamMan City Women

Possession

Home33%

Away67%

Shots

Home5

Away15

Shots on Target

Home3

Away4

Corners

Home3

Away7

Fouls

Home7

Away13

Live Text

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Match ends, Liverpool Ladies 0, Manchester City Women 0.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+8'

Second Half ends, Liverpool Ladies 0, Manchester City Women 0.

Posted at 90'+7'

Attempt missed. Lucy Bronze (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.

Substitution

Posted at 90'+6'

Substitution, Liverpool Ladies. Ashley Hodson replaces Shanice Van de Sanden.

Posted at 90'+5'

Foul by Stephanie Houghton (Manchester City Women).

Posted at 90'+5'

Alex Greenwood (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+5'

Attempt blocked. Jennifer Beattie (Manchester City Women) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 90'+3'

Attempt saved. Rosie White (Liverpool Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Emma Lundh.

Posted at 90'+2'

Attempt missed. Isobel Christiansen (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Demi Stokes.

Posted at 90'+1'

Lucy Bronze (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 90'+1'

Foul by Shanice Van de Sanden (Liverpool Ladies).

Substitution

Posted at 90'

Substitution, Liverpool Ladies. Niamh Charles replaces Natasha Harding.

Posted at 88'

Foul by Georgia Stanway (Manchester City Women).

Posted at 88'

Kate Longhurst (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 87'

Attempt blocked. Lucy Bronze (Manchester City Women) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Georgia Stanway.

Posted at 85'

Corner, Liverpool Ladies. Conceded by Abbie McManus.

Substitution

Posted at 85'

Substitution, Liverpool Ladies. Emma Lundh replaces Caroline Weir.

Posted at 82'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Substitution

Posted at 82'

Substitution, Manchester City Women. Georgia Stanway replaces Nikita Parris.

Posted at 80'

Delay in match Kate Longhurst (Liverpool Ladies) because of an injury.

Posted at 78'

Rosie White (Liverpool Ladies) hits the bar with a header from very close range. Assisted by Laura Coombs with a cross following a corner.

Posted at 78'

Corner, Liverpool Ladies. Conceded by Stephanie Houghton.

Substitution

Posted at 74'

Substitution, Manchester City Women. Daphne Corboz replaces Toni Duggan.

Posted at 72'

Attempt missed. Jane Ross (Manchester City Women) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nikita Parris with a cross.

Posted at 71'

Attempt saved. Alex Greenwood (Liverpool Ladies) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Laura Coombs.

Posted at 70'

Corner, Liverpool Ladies. Conceded by Demi Stokes.

Posted at 69'

Foul by Isobel Christiansen (Manchester City Women).

Posted at 69'

Rosie White (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 64'

Attempt missed. Toni Duggan (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jill Scott.

Posted at 63'

Foul by Isobel Christiansen (Manchester City Women).

Posted at 63'

Laura Coombs (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 61'

Offside, Liverpool Ladies. Gemma Bonner tries a through ball, but Shanice Van de Sanden is caught offside.

Substitution

Posted at 60'

Substitution, Manchester City Women. Isobel Christiansen replaces Kosovare Asllani.

Posted at 59'

Foul by Kosovare Asllani (Manchester City Women).

Posted at 59'

Satara Murray (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 58'

Corner, Manchester City Women. Conceded by Siobhan Chamberlain.

Posted at 58'

Attempt saved. Lucy Bronze (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Jill Scott.

Posted at 58'

Attempt saved. Lucy Bronze (Manchester City Women) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Toni Duggan.

Posted at 55'

Attempt missed. Jennifer Beattie (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.

Posted at 54'

Foul by Jennifer Beattie (Manchester City Women).

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