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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Tom Garry

Will Liverpool really give women’s team serious chance to win trophies?

Jasmine Matthews trains with her Liverpool teammates for their game at Crystal Palace on Sunday.
Jasmine Matthews trains with her Liverpool teammates for their game at Crystal Palace on Sunday. Photograph: Nick Taylor/Liverpool FC/Getty Images

The imposing image of Liverpool sitting 13 points clear at the top of the Premier League and powering towards a record-equalling 20th top-flight title brings into sharp focus the comparatively dishevelled sight of the club’s women’s team.

Sitting 25 points off the pace in the league, having waited more than a decade to lift a major trophy and almost 30 years without reaching a Women’s FA Cup final, a club that once took a proud role in the women’s game remain light years away from emulating their men’s counterparts, and are now entering a critical phase as they search for a new manager for the first time in four years.

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