Deep in stoppage time, Dario Vidosic’s staff tried to ask him about plans for extra time, but the Brighton head coach had a feeling. “Just wait ... I feel like it’s coming here.” He was right. Nadine Noordam pounced on a loose ball in the box from a free-kick and completed a remarkable comeback to book Brighton a place at Wembley for the first time in their women’s team’s history.
The substitute’s 95th-minute winner helped Brighton fight back from 2-0 down to win a classic Women’s FA Cup semi-final 3-2 and leave Liverpool with a sense of despair, deja vu and heartbreak, as they were beaten by a stoppage-time winner in the semi-finals of this competition for the second season running.
