{"id":311167,"date":"2025-12-12T02:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T02:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/311167\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T02:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T02:00:08","slug":"wsl-aston-villa-defeat-a-reality-check-says-under-pressure-liverpool-boss-gareth-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/311167\/","title":{"rendered":"WSL: Aston Villa defeat ‘a reality check’, says under-pressure Liverpool boss Gareth Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Under-pressure Liverpool manager Gareth Taylor says his side have had a “real reality check” as their winless start to the Women’s Super League season continued with a damaging 3-0 defeat at Aston Villa.<\/p>\n

The Reds have failed to win any of their 10 WSL games, picking up just four points.<\/p>\n

Thursday’s loss at Villa Park<\/a>, in which Liverpool failed to have a shot on target, leaves them two points adrift at the bottom of the table.<\/p>\n

Asked about how much pressure he was under, Taylor told Sky Sports: “I don’t know. I think there is a real reality check here.<\/p>\n

“I think this team needs help. I need help.”<\/p>\n

Former Manchester City manager Taylor took over in August<\/a>, replacing interim boss Amber Whiteley who had guided the team to a seventh-place finish in the WSL last season.<\/p>\n

However, Taylor has won just three matches in his five months in charge, all against WSL 2-level opposition in the Women’s League Cup.<\/p>\n

“I think there’s no doubt that we have regressed as a team for sure, more than is expected of a club like Liverpool,” Taylor added.<\/p>\n

“We have given it everything. We are trying to coach the players. The players are really honest.<\/p>\n

“The reality is we are aware of it and I think sometimes you can be really exposed – and that’s what has happened tonight.”<\/p>\n

In Taylor’s defence, his early tenure on Merseyside has been disrupted by injuries to key players.<\/p>\n

Playmaker Marie Hobinger<\/a> and striker Sophie Roman Haug both suffered anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, while experienced players such as Ceri Holland and Gemma Bonner have also had spells on the sidelines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Under-pressure Liverpool manager Gareth Taylor says his side have had a “real reality check” as their winless start…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-311167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}