Liverpool all but end Man City's WSL title hopes

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Missy Bo Kearns celebrates scoring the winner

Liverpool all but ended Manchester City's title hopes in the Women's Super League with a surprise victory at Prenton Park.

Missy Bo Kearns fired the winner two minutes after the restart as she neatly controlled the ball before finding the far corner with an accomplished finish.

Lauren Hemp had equalised for the visitors with a guided header after Natasha Dowie opened the scoring.

City trail leaders Manchester United by six points with two games remaining.

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The visitors produced a below-par performance but came close to saving a point late on as Hemp's dipping effort failed to cross the line after bouncing down off the crossbar.

Defeat for Gareth Taylor's side essentially ends their title challenge as they have a significantly inferior goal difference.

More to follow.

Line-ups

Liverpool Women

Formation 5-3-2

22Kirby
2Koivisto
23Bonner
4Roberts
6Matthews
12Hinds
7KearnsSubstituted forTaylorat 77'minutes
8Nagano
18HollandBooked at 45mins
24StengelSubstituted forLundgaardat 90+1'minutes
29DowieSubstituted forvan de Sandenat 50'minutes

Substitutes

1Laws
3Robe
5Fahey
9Kiernan
15Lundgaard
17Humphrey
19van de Sanden
21Cumings
35Taylor

Man City Women

Formation 4-2-3-1

1RoebuckBooked at 74mins
2CasparijSubstituted forRasoat 62'minutes
6Houghton
5Greenwood
14Morgan
25Hasegawa
12AngeldahlSubstituted forCastellanosat 62'minutes
9KellyBooked at 90mins
7Coombs
11HempSubstituted forOuahabiat 90+8'minutes
21Shaw

Substitutes

3Stokes
10Castellanos
13Raso
15Ouahabi
35Keating
42Dahou

Live Text

Match ends, Liverpool Women 2, Manchester City Women 1.
Second Half ends, Liverpool Women 2, Manchester City Women 1.
Substitution, Manchester City Women. Leila Ouahabi replaces Lauren Hemp.
Attempt missed. Hayley Raso (Manchester City Women) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Khadija Shaw (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Manchester City Women. Conceded by Emma Koivisto.
Substitution, Liverpool Women. Sofie Lundgaard replaces Katie Stengel.
Chloe Kelly (Manchester City Women) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Esme Morgan (Manchester City Women) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Khadija Shaw.
Attempt blocked. Alex Greenwood (Manchester City Women) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Chloe Kelly with a cross.
Corner, Manchester City Women. Conceded by Jasmine Matthews.
Corner, Manchester City Women. Conceded by Jasmine Matthews.
Lauren Hemp (Manchester City Women) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the left side of the box.
Attempt blocked. Chloe Kelly (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stephanie Houghton.
Attempt missed. Alex Greenwood (Manchester City Women) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Chloe Kelly with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Manchester City Women. Conceded by Taylor Hinds.
Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Katie Stengel (Liverpool Women).
Foul by Lauren Hemp (Manchester City Women).
Fuka Nagano (Liverpool Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.