Brighton 0-3 Liverpool: Beata Olsson double ends Liverpool’s WSL winless run
Brighton 0-3 Liverpool: Beata Olsson scored twice and Cornelia Kapocs added a third as Liverpool ended a five-game winless run in the Women's Super League at the Amex.
Brighton 0-3 Liverpool ended a five-game winless run in the Women’s Super League for Gareth Taylor’s side, with Beata Olsson scoring twice and Cornelia Kapocs adding a third at the Amex.
Liverpool arrived 12th in the table with one point from their previous five league games. They left with a clean sheet, three goals and a big lift before the second half of the season.
Brighton had more of the ball but created little. Liverpool were sharper in both boxes and more clinical than in the narrow defeat to Manchester United earlier in the campaign.
Brighton 0-3 Liverpool: how the goals went in
Olsson struck inside four minutes. Vivien Endemann dribbled into a crossing position on the right and the Swedish striker met her low delivery at the near post, finishing past Chiamaka Nnadozie.
Nnadozie kept Brighton in it before the break, saving from Mao Itamura and blocking a close-range effort from Endemann. Brighton’s best moments came from distance, with one long-range shot hitting the Liverpool woodwork.
The second goal came three minutes after the restart. Maisie Symonds tried to play a pass across her own box, it went astray and Kapocs pounced to fire into an exposed net.
Olsson sealed it on 78 minutes. Fuka Nagano slid her into the channel, she held off Lia Wälti and, after Nnadozie saved her first attempt, she tucked away the rebound.
Key numbers
| Brighton | Liverpool | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 3 |
| Possession | 54% | 46% |
| Shots | 7 | 11 |
| Shots on target | 2 | 7 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 0.63 | 2.01 |
| Saves | 4 | 1 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 0 |
Olsson was the standout performer with a match rating of 9.2. Olaug Tvedten was the only player booked, while Brighton also had a penalty appeal waved away when Sam Kerr challenged Tvedten, with the referee ruling the Liverpool player had played the ball.
Table impact and what comes next
The win takes Liverpool to 11 points, level with Brighton and ahead of them on goal difference. Arturo Ruiz’s side, who had been flying with wins over West Ham and Crystal Palace, have now lost two league games in a row.
Higher up, the title race got tighter today after Chelsea beat Manchester City 1-0, the game we previewed in our Chelsea v Man City preview. Arsenal, fresh from their Women’s Champions League trip to Barcelona, host London City Lionesses on Sunday.
Liverpool are back in action in the Subway Players Cup at Nottingham Forest on Wednesday. For Brighton keeper Nnadozie, it was a busy night despite the scoreline. Our sister site DGBN has covered the retirement of her Super Falcons team-mate in Osinachi Ohale’s farewell after 16 years and five WAFCON titles.
