Liverpool FC Women enjoyed their second warm-up fixture ahead of their WSL campaign at the weekend, with fan favourite Shanice van de Sanden making her much-anticipated return to the club.
Gilly Flaherty, Emma Koivisto and Eartha Cumings all featured for the first time at Prenton Park in an impressive 3-1 win against Blackburn.
Liverpool FC Women manager Matt Beard spoke to Liverpool’s official club website about the result and the terrific pre season the club has had.
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“I’m pleased as I thought it was a good performance and we got better as the game went on,” Beard said. “Some of our play was exceptional and it’s just fine-tuning a little bit in the final third.
“Yana did very well and deserved her two goals. Her first one was a great header, a great area and we’ve worked really hard on that – getting good deliveries into the right areas.”
“It was great to give our new players their first games at Prenton Park too. We are only two games into pre-season and I’ve been really pleased, we are only going to get better and grow in confidence.”
Liverpool FC Women will kick off their WSL campaign away to Reading on September 11th, with the game kicking off at 14.00.