Everton guaranteed themselves a top-six Women's Super League finish with a 2-1 victory over Brighton at Walton Hall Park in the penultimate game of the season.
The Blues went into Sunday's clash off the back of consecutive defeats to Chelsea and Arsenal, with Lucy Hope for the suspended Aggie Beever-Jones the only change from Wednesday night's disappointing encounter with the Gunners.
And it was the hosts that fashioned the first real opening of the game; Nicoline Sorensen rippling the side netting with a powerful strike after a driving run down the right flank. Brighton responded well to the early scare, with former Everton left-back Poppy Pattinson diverting Veatriki Sarri's excellent cross straight into the gloves of Emily Ramsey.
