Liverpool Women have had a very testing start to their first season back in the WSL. They sit third bottom in the 12-team table after five matches, though seeing their opponents sitting between second and sixth shows the difficulty of schedule Matt Beard’s side have faced.
It wasn’t until their latest game that they finally scored in open play in the league (though they did when winning 4-0 at Leicester in the Continental Cup last month). Katie Stengel scored a pair of penalties in the win over Chelsea, and the American bagged an equaliser in what became a 2-1 loss at Manchester City last Sunday.
With no assist for her goal at City’s Academy Stadium, Stengel had to work incredibly hard to even generate a chance. She did so using Jurgen Klopp’s favourite playmaker, one which has been curiously absent for the men’s team in 2022/23.
