April 30, (THEWILL) – Relegation-threatened clubs in the England Women’s Super League showed their grit on Saturday, as Leicester thrashed Liverpool 4-0 at the King Power and Tottenham twice fought back for a point against Brighton.
Leicester took the lead after 15 minutes when Josie Green turned home Remy Siemsen’s corner. Liverpool made a triple substitution at half-time but only three minutes after the restart, it was Leicester who got the crucial next goal when Nigerian defender Ashleigh Plumptre nodded home from a corner.
Missy Goodwin added the icing on the cake for Leicester with a stoppage-time header from Courtney Nevin’s cross, sealing a well-deserved victory for the Foxes. The win lifted Leicester from the bottom of the table to 10th place, leaving Reading and Brighton in their wake. Liverpool, on the other hand, remained in seventh place as the season approaches its conclusion.
Meanwhile, Tottenham came from behind twice to secure a point in a 2-2 draw against Brighton. The visitors took the lead early on through Inessa Kaagman’s deflected strike, but Tottenham’s Rianna Dean leveled the score with a fine header.
Brighton regained the lead when Kaagman scored her second goal of the game, but Tottenham refused to give up and equalised again through Rosella Ayane’s late goal. The draw leaves Tottenham in eighth place, while Brighton is in sixth.
Jude Obafemi is a versatile senior Correspondent at THEWILL Newspapers, excelling in sourcing, researching, and delivering sports news stories for both print and digital publications.
