Brighton Women 0-3 Liverpool Women: Beata Olsson double sinks home side at the Amex
Brighton Women suffered a third defeat in four Women's Super League outings as Liverpool Women ran out comfortable 3-0 winners at the American Express Stadium on Saturday evening, with Beata Olsson's brace either side of a Cornelia Kapocs strike doing the damage.
Liverpool made the perfect start, going ahead inside four minutes when Beata Olsson converted a Vivien Endemann cross with a right-footed finish from the centre of the box. Brighton struggled to find a way back into it before the break, and Liverpool doubled their advantage three minutes into the second half when Cornelia Kapocs fired home from the centre of the area. Olsson then completed her double with 12 minutes to go, turning in a left-footed finish from the right side of the six-yard box to make it 3-0 and put the result beyond doubt.
The only card of the afternoon went Brighton's way, with Olaug Tvedten booked for a foul in the 35th minute before being replaced just before the hour mark. Brighton made wholesale changes as the game slipped away, bringing on Kiko Seike, Lia Wälti, Nadia Krezyman, Marit Auée and Emily Murphy, while Liverpool rotated with Natalia Ramos, Lily Woodham, Sara Agrez and Alice Bergström all introduced from the bench.
Despite seeing more of the ball - Brighton edged possession 53% to 47% - the home side were made to pay for a lack of clinical edge in front of goal. Brighton had seven shots to Liverpool's 11, but only managed two on target compared to Liverpool's seven, a stark difference that was reflected in the final scoreline. Brighton's goalkeeper was called into action four times, while Liverpool's stopper had just one save to make all afternoon. Brighton also picked up five corners to Liverpool's four, but it mattered little without the end product to match.
The result leaves Brighton 9th in the Women's Super League table, with Liverpool one place above them in 8th, the two sides level on 11 points from ten games apiece as the campaign reaches its midpoint. In terms of recent league form, Brighton's run reads LWWLL across their last five, a sequence now ended with this defeat, while Liverpool's own form of LDLLW shows a side that have found some rhythm with this win following a difficult run of results.
A crowd of 4,502 was in attendance at the Amex to see Liverpool's front players prove decisive, with Beata Olsson's double either side of Cornelia Kapocs' effort settling matters comfortably in the visitors' favour. Brighton will look to regroup before their next league fixture, while Liverpool will take confidence from a away win that lifts them above their opponents in the table.
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