It was September 2021 and Everton were just minutes away from claiming their first Women’s Super League victory of the season.
Substitute Nicoline Sorensen, who had entered the fray barely 15 minutes earlier, collapsed to the turf at Walton Hall Park after what looked like a pretty innocuous tussle with Birmingham City’s Rebecca Holloway.
The Dane was helped to her feet by Everton’s medical staff, and limped gingerly towards the dressing room as her team-mates ploughed on in pursuit of the three points. A stoppage time goal from Rikke Sevecke sealed a significant win for the Toffees but, for Sorensen, the result was quickly overshadowed by an even more significant marker in her football career.
