{"id":863131,"date":"2026-09-28T04:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T04:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/863131\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T04:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T04:00:13","slug":"liverpool-sink-everton-and-end-derby-drought-after-olsson-and-kapocs-strike-womens-super-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/863131\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool sink Everton and end derby drought after Olsson and Kapocs strike | Women’s Super League"},"content":{"rendered":"

At last, their wait is over. Liverpool\u2019s players could gather in front of the Kop for a celebratory team photograph after the final whistle and rejoice in a new feeling, after beating Everton at Anfield in a Women\u2019s Super League fixture for the first time and finally ending their long run of derby pain.<\/p>\n

After six wins from six visits to Anfield for Everton in the WSL era and even quips from their former manager Brian S\u00f8rensen in previous campaigns about making Anfield their \u201ctraining pitch\u201d during their persistent run of victories in this showpiece fixture, Beata Olsson\u2019s early header and Cornelia Kapocs\u2019s late finish were enough to give them a deserved 2-0 victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice to break that duck, definitely,\u201d the Liverpool head coach, Gareth Taylor, said. \u201cWe just downplayed the game, if that makes sense, because it becomes something that\u2019s so big that players start to worry. We want players to go out and feel natural, like they\u2019re playing like they were when they were growing up.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is nice because it\u2019s a stat that can just grow and grow. I felt we were hard done by [at Anfield] last season \u2013 if you look at their xG in that game, they scored four goals but they were absolute worldies, whereas today we\u2019ve scored two [but] we probably could have had six.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor was not wrong; the hosts were undeniably the better side and should have scored more goals. Indeed, they would have done had it not been for the heroics of the Everton midfielder Ruby Mace.<\/p>\n

When Olsson got in front of her marker, Hannah Blundell, to meet Natalia Ramos\u2019s right-sided corner and angle her header perfectly, diagonally across goal and into the far corner inside the first four minutes you could have been forgiven for thinking Liverpool were set for an easy afternoon such was the simplicity of the goal. Instead, what followed was something of a slog at times with Liverpool trying to break down an Everton backline that initially proved difficult to open up.<\/p>\n

After the break, another set piece almost did the job for Liverpool but Vivien Endemann\u2019s volley smacked against the crossbar. By now the pressure was almost relentless and, with just over 20 minutes remaining, Ramos looked certain to score, with time to shoot less than 10 yards out. But the effort was blocked by Mace, who threw her body in front of the ball to keep her side in the contest.<\/p>\n

Five minutes later, Mace again came to Everton\u2019s rescue and hooked Kapocs\u2019s effort off the line. The Liverpool forward\u2019s attempted header had come off the top of her shoulder and bounced goalwards, but Mace intervened just in time.<\/p>\n

Cornelia Kapocs fires in Liverpool\u2019s second goal against Everton. Photograph: Nick Potts\/PA<\/p>\n

Eventually, Kapocs found room inside the area to turn and fire home in the closing stages, much to the relief of Liverpool\u2019s supporters. The result continued the side\u2019s encouraging start to the campaign as they moved on to seven points from their opening four games, their only defeat having come away against the defending champions, Manchester City.<\/p>\n

It took Taylor\u2019s side until 25 January to accumulate seven points last season but they look significantly improved and have built on the progress they made during the second half of 2025-26.<\/p>\n

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The visitors had spurned a couple of decent chances on the counterattack before the break, including Hannah Cain scuffing over from a promising position. Overall, however, Everton, whose only two league goals this season have been own goals, will be concerned about their comparative lack of creativity.<\/p>\n

Quick GuideWSL roundup: Spurs go second, Man Utd earn first winShow\"\"<\/p>\n

Victoria Pelova scored twice as Tottenham moved up to second in the WSL table with a 4-0 win over Aston Villa, while Manchester United earned their first win of the season, edging West Ham 2-1.<\/p>\n

Dutch midfielder Pelova [pictured] broke the deadlock in the 54th minute at Brisbane Road, and then fired in a second off the underside of the crossbar, taking her tally to four goals in two WSL games. Spurs sealed victory as Caitlin Dijkstra headed in, and Cathinka Tandberg added a fourth with two minutes left.<\/p>\n

Manchester United secured their first WSL victory under new manager Eva Olid, defeating West Ham in Leigh. Elisabeth Terland\u2019s header set United on their way after nine minutes, with summer signing Andrea Medina doubling the lead late in the second half. Viviane Asseyi scored a late penalty for the visitors.<\/p>\n

Oc\u00e9ane Hurtr\u00e9 fired Birmingham City ahead after 40 seconds against Crystal Palace, scoring the quickest goal of the season so far.\u00a0 Shanade Hopcroft\u2019s long-range free-kick had Palace level on the half-hour, before Hurtr\u00e9 restored Birmingham\u2019s lead with an angled strike.<\/p>\n

Palace fought back to lead at St Andrew’s, their goals coming from Bethany England and Lexi Lloyd-Smith, but Suzu Amano struck with three minutes left to secure Birmingham a point in a thrilling 3-3 draw. Press Assocation<\/p>\n

Photograph: Richard Pelham\/Getty Images Europe<\/p>\n

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Asked about that wait for one of his own players to score a league goal, the Everton head coach, Scott Phelan, spoke calmly, saying: \u201cWe know we need to be more decisive in those actions, 100%. We have won two games as well and three on the bounce, so we don\u2019t forget that. [But] yes, we want to start contributing more in the final third and that\u2019ll be a challenge for all of us.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve played four games, so it\u2019s definitely not panic stations. We\u2019ve got good players in those areas of the pitch, we\u2019re convinced they will contribute more \u2013 we\u2019ve just got to wait for that moment to appear and hopefully it\u2019s sooner rather than later.\u201d<\/p>\n

Phelan\u2019s team still sit comfortably in the middle of the table with two wins from four games. Perhaps the most disappointing aspect for Everton fans will be that they can no longer rely on their annual collection of three points from Anfield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At last, their wait is over. Liverpool\u2019s players could gather in front of the Kop for a celebratory…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-863131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}