Ruthless Man City beat Liverpool to go top of WSL

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Khadija Shaw heads in her second goal for Manchester City against Liverpool in the WSL

Manchester City ruthlessly dismantled Liverpool to move three points clear at the top of the Women's Super League.

Lauren Hemp opened the scoring with the first of three goals in eight first-half minutes as City seized control.

Jess Park jinked past two defenders before finishing coolly for the second and WSL top-scorer Khadija Shaw made it three with a sizzling 25-yard strike.

A Shaw header early in the second half sealed the win but Khiara Keating's own goal gave the hosts a late consolation.

More to follow.

Line-ups

Liverpool Women

Formation 3-5-2

1Laws
17Clark
23BonnerSubstituted forLawleyat 45'minutes
4Fisk
2Koivisto
14HöbingerSubstituted forKearnsat 45'minutesBooked at 72mins
8Nagano
18HollandBooked at 79minsSubstituted forLeathat 90'minutes
32ParrySubstituted forHindsat 45'minutes
9KiernanSubstituted forEnderbyat 58'minutes
10Haug

Substitutes

7Kearns
11Lawley
12Hinds
13Enderby
16Micah
56Duffy
57Leath

Man City Women

Formation 4-3-3

35Keating
18CasparijSubstituted forStokesat 72'minutes
33Kennedy
5Greenwood
4Aleixandri
16Park
25Hasegawa
7CoombsSubstituted forBlindkilde Brownat 61'minutes
8FowlerSubstituted forKellyat 72'minutes
21Shaw
11Hemp

Substitutes

3Stokes
6Houghton
9Kelly
12Angeldahl
14Morgan
17Pritchard
19Blindkilde Brown
22MacIver
30Mace

Live Text

Match ends, Liverpool Women 1, Manchester City Women 4.
Second Half ends, Liverpool Women 1, Manchester City Women 4.
Offside, Liverpool Women. Mia Leath is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Jessica Park (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Laia Aleixandri.
Substitution, Liverpool Women. Mia Leath replaces Ceri Holland.
Attempt missed. Laura Blindkilde Brown (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt blocked. Chloe Kelly (Manchester City Women) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jessica Park.
Attempt saved. Chloe Kelly (Manchester City Women) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Own Goal by Khiara Keating, Manchester City Women. Liverpool Women 1, Manchester City Women 4.
Attempt saved. Taylor Hinds (Liverpool Women) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Attempt saved. Mia Enderby (Liverpool Women) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sophie Haug.
Offside, Liverpool Women. Mia Enderby is caught offside.
Ceri Holland (Liverpool Women) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jessica Park (Manchester City Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ceri Holland (Liverpool Women).
Foul by Chloe Kelly (Manchester City Women).
Taylor Hinds (Liverpool Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Manchester City Women. Khadija Shaw is caught offside.
Foul by Alex Greenwood (Manchester City Women).
Sophie Haug (Liverpool Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.