Wednesday 18 May 2016 22:55, UK
Liverpool ended their three-match losing streak and moved up to third in FA WSL 1 with a clinical 4-0 victory over Sunderland.
The Lady Black Cats had shot after shot on the away goal, but the Reds were deadly in front of goal, Rosie White and Alex Greenwood doing the damage in the first half.
A Steph Bannon own goal 16 minutes from time sealed the points for the Merseysiders with sub Katie Zelem's injury-time goal adding further gloss.
Sunderland went close early on when Keira Ramshaw's effort was well saved to her left by Siobhan Chamberlain.
But Scott Rogers' side were in front in the eighth minute when White fired a breathtaking 20-yard strike beyond Rachael Laws.
Sunderland were denied by Chamberlain, who saved Lucy Staniforth's free-kick while Brooke Chaplen, Rachel Furness and Steph Roche all went close.
However, Liverpool doubled their lead nine minutes from the interval when home skipper Steph Roche tripped Tasha Harding and Greenwood beat Laws comfortably from the spot.
Greenwood then showed her ability at the other end in first-half stoppage time when she cleared a Chaplen shot off the line.
The home side went agonisingly close to a goal on 61 minutes when Ramshaw crossed for Roche whose header was tipped over by Chamberlain.
Sunderland were having all the play and it was ironic Liverpool's third came from a home corner.
Harding dashed down the right on the counter-attack and her cross was put into her own net by the luckless Bannon.
And in stoppage time, Zelem put in No 4 after good work by fellow sub Shanice van de Sanden.
