Key events
Manchester City striker Khadija Shaw tells Sky Sports: “Definitely good to get back on the scoresheet after a difficult couple of days. The team did well and I’m happy to keep scoring.
“I think for me it’s just knowing where the goal is and even on the second one I just told myself I’m just going to turn and put my foot through it. Me and Mary [Fowler] have been working, working, working to get that connection. When she came into the team, we spoke about it, she’s playing wide so when she cuts in I just have to be ready because I know she will try to find me.
“[Fowler] has been fantastic. I think you see the way she plays, she has the confidence. She’s a young player but she plays with a lot of experience. I try to keep encouraging her and she’s just doing the bits she can at the top of the pitch and it’s working at the moment.
“I approach every game the same, try to help the team, I’m the focal point, so I just try to work as hard as I can and I know when the ball goes wide I have to be ready because they’re going to put it in. Two goals for me tonight and we keep going.”
By assisting two goals this evening, Mary Fowler became a WSL record-breaker. The Manchester City winger has become the first player in the league’s history to be directly involved in two or more goals in four consecutive appearances.
Full-time: Manchester City 4-0 Liverpool
Manchester City get back to winning ways in the WSL in emphatic style!
90+4 min: Höbinger steps up to take the free kick and sends a great cross into the box. Kapocs gets on the end of it in front of goal but directs her header wide!
90+3 min: Enderby draws a foul from Park in a dangerous position for Liverpool…
90+1 min: Six minutes have been added on…
90 min: Park splits the Liverpool defence with a perfectly-weighted pass through to Kerolin, who makes her way into the box before going for goal, but Micah gets a fingertip to it and deflects the shot onto the post!
89 min: Park picks up the ball on the left and sends a powerful cross into the box. Kerolin is there and goes for the header, but her attempt on goal flies over the bar.
87 min: Kapocs receives the ball on the left and makes her way into the box before cutting inside and going for the shot, directing her effort towards the bottom-right corner. Yamashita does well to get down and make the save.
85 min: Liverpool have a corner. The ball is crossed straight into the box, but Yamashita punches it away unchallenged.
81 min: It’s a triple change for City as Aemu Oyama replaces Hasegawa, Fowler makes way for Kerolin and Lily Murphy replaces Fujino.
79 min: Holland receives the first yellow card of the match after clattering into the back of Hasegawa.
She is then quickly substituted for Zara Shaw. Meanwhile, Parry makes way for Gemma Bonner.
78 min: What a moment for Prior! The full-back receives a pass from Roord just outside the box on the right and looks as though she is going for the cross, but the ball ends up in the back of the net!
Question is – did she mean it?
GOAL! Manchester City 4-0 Liverpool (Prior, 77)
Prior scores her first WSL on her first WSL start!
74 min: Another change for Liverpool as Cornelia Kapocs replaces Evans.
73 min: There is a break in play as Micah receives treatment from the physios. Gareth Taylor takes the opportunity to make another substitution as Miedema is replaced by Laura Blindkilde Brown.
71 min: Liverpool look to break forward as Hinds makes a run into the box. She goes for a low-driven shot, but her effort is saved by Yamashita.
70 min: Park plays the ball to Ouahabi on the outside left, who sends a cross into the box. Roord goes for goal with a header, but her effort flies over the crossbar.
67 min: Park appears to be playing on the left at the moment, with Fowler moving inside to the CF role. Miedema remains in midfield for the time being.
64 min: Matt Beard makes a double change now as Fũka Nagano replaces Kerr and Kiernan makes way for Mia Enderby.
62 min: City make the first change of the match following that goal as Shaw is replaced by Jess Park.
61 min: Fowler sends a cross deep into the box and Fisk attempts to head it clear, but the ball falls straight to the feet of Roord. The midfielder’s first shot is blocked but she gets another chance and rifles it into the bottom-right corner off the post!
GOAL! Manchester City 3-0 Liverpool (Roord, 60)
Roord gets City’s third! That could be game over…
58 min: Huge save from Micah! Fujino picks up the ball in the middle before playing it out to Miedema on the left. The attacking midfielder moves into the box before unleashing a powerful shot, but Micah makes a great save to keep the effort out.
55 min: Knaak plays a great diagonal ball over to Shaw in attack. The striker does well to control it with her first touch and looks to break away, but the offside flag is up.
53 min: Liverpool are pressing high as they look for an equaliser in the early stages of this second half. Manchester City have been caught out a few times in defence so far but the visitors are yet to take full advantage.
50 min: Liverpool look to break forward through Holland. The striker approaches the edge of the box but Aleixandri is there to make the tackle.
47 min: An early opportunity for Manchester City as Fowler sends a fantastic diagonal ball across to Fujino on the right. The winger brings it down before making a run into the box and going for goal, but her effort runs just past the post.
46 min: No changes were made at the break. Both managers are sticking with their initial line-ups as we head into the second half.
Kick-off: Manchester City 2-0 Liverpool
We’re back under way at the Joie Stadium!
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Manchester City dominated that first half, but Liverpool had their chances too. Holland arguably should’ve fired the visitors ahead in the 18th minute, but her effort was directed straight at Knaak. Matt Beard’s side then found themselves behind just over 10 minutes later. What could have been…
Half-time: Manchester City 2-0 Liverpool
Shaw’s brace sees Manchester City take a commanding lead at the Joie Stadium.
45 min: Just the one minute added on…
44 min: Miedema receives the ball from Ouahabi in midfield before playing it through to Fowler, who makes a run into the box. The winger then crosses it into Shaw, who brings the ball down with an exceptional touch before smashing her shot past Micah and into the net.
GOAL! Manchester City 2-0 Liverpool (Shaw, 43)
Shaw strikes again for the hosts!
41 min: Fowler does well to skip past two Liverpool players before passing to Miedema in midfield, who finds Fujino on the right. The winger looks to play a cross into the box but it is intercepted by Fisk.
