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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Beth Lindop

How Liverpool's midfield 'diamond' could be key to WSL survival

As the crowd filtered out of Prenton Park on Sunday afternoon following Liverpool's decisive victory over Reading, there was only one name on everybody's lips.

January signing Fuka Nagano, while absent from the scoresheet, had certainly captured the imagination of the home faithful on her WSL debut. The Japan international was brought in from American side North Carolina Courage to bolster Liverpool's midfield ranks ahead of a season-defining run of games for the Reds.

But while Matt Beard appears to be easing fellow January recruits Miri Taylor and Sofie Lundgaard into first team action, the same certainly can't be said for Nagano, who had already impressed for her new club in both domestic cups before taking to the field against Reading.

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