West Ham United Women 4-1 Liverpool Women: Asseyi double sinks sorry Reds at Victoria Road
Liverpool Women suffered a heavy defeat away at West Ham United on Sunday, going down 4-1 at Victoria Road in a result that leaves the Reds languishing just outside the relegation zone in the Women's Super League table. It was a chastening afternoon in Dagenham, with West Ham ruthless in front of goal while Liverpool, despite dominating possession, were punished time and again on the counter.
The hosts made the perfect start when Viviane Asseyi converted a penalty inside the opening ten minutes, sending the goalkeeper the wrong way to put West Ham 1-0 up after just 7 minutes. It got worse for the visitors shortly after, as Leila Wandeler added a second on 15 minutes, finishing from the centre of the box after being teed up by Seraina Piubel. Liverpool's afternoon then took a further turn for the worse right on the stroke of half-time, when Laia Codina curled home from outside the area, again assisted by the lively Piubel, to make it 3-0 at the break.
West Ham continued to pile on the misery after the restart. Asseyi grabbed her second of the game in the 62nd minute, this time from a well-struck free-kick into the top corner, making it 4-0 and putting the result beyond doubt. Liverpool did find a response, with substitute Vivien Endemann pulling one back in the 72nd minute, converting from the right side of the box after being set up by fellow substitute Mao Itamura, but it was little more than a consolation.
There were yellow cards for both sides in a feisty closing stretch, with Liverpool's Cornelia Kapocs booked for a bad foul in the 68th minute and West Ham's Oona Siren following suit for the home side shortly after. Liverpool made several changes from the bench as they searched for a way back into the game, bringing on Endemann, Itamura and Mari Ward, but West Ham's early blitz had already done the damage.
The statistics make for interesting reading, with Liverpool dominating possession at 60.5% to West Ham's 39.5% and completing far more passes overall. However, it was West Ham who were clinical when it mattered, firing in 16 shots to Liverpool's 12 and converting their chances with ruthless efficiency, while also winning the territorial battle when it counted most, in the penalty area.
The defeat means Liverpool's form in the WSL now reads LLDL-L across their last five, following on from a run that had already shown signs of inconsistency. West Ham, by contrast, will take real heart from a third win in their last five league outings, having also endured a difficult run of results in recent weeks. For Liverpool, the focus now turns to regrouping quickly, with the table showing just a single point separating the two sides heading into this match, and plenty still to play for as the season progresses.
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