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Here’s Tom Garry’s report from Goodison Park.
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Full time! Everton 1-0 Liverpool
Liverpool will be left fuming about a dreadful referring decision that has cost them a point in the Merseyside derby.
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Everton 1-0 Liverpool: Brosnan to the rescue again! Enderby slips a pass to Bonner who whacks a shot at goal but Brosnan is equal to it.
Full-time: Leicester 0-2 Manchester United
A throughly deserved victory for Marc Skinner’s side thanks to Terland and Bizet.
Everton 1-0 Liverpool: It is backs against the walls for the Toffees …
Everton 1-0 Liverpool: Eight minutes added on!
Everton 1-0 Liverpool: Kapocs wants a penalty after going down in the box but the referee is having none of it.
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GOAL! Leicester 0-2 Manchester United (Bizet, 80)
A dreadful mistake from Bott allows Bizet in and she calmly slots home a second.
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Everton 1-0 Liverpool: Hobson is on for Toni Payne, so that’s a defender for a striker. I think we can see how the final 10 minutes or so will play out.
Leicester 0-1 Man Utd: Bizet is sent through on goal but the goalkeeper is out quickly and stops the shot, the rebound falls to Clinton but Leicester scramble it clear.
Everton 1-0 Liverpool: Every blue shirt seems to be permanently behind the ball. It seems ill-advised to be this defensive so early in the game.
Everton 1-0 Liverpool: Hayashi is down with cramp, an indication of how much graft Everton have put in thus far.
Everton 1-0 Liverpool: Lots of lovely rain on Merseyside.
Everton 1-0 Liverpool: Kiernan flicks a Hinds cross towards the far corner but there is no pace on it and Brosnan grabs.
Everton 1-0 Liverpool: Everton gaffer Sorensen permanently has an earphone in and is now talking into his phone. The modern manager (plus baseball cap).
Leicester 0-1 Man Utd: The visitors are still on top but Leicester have threatened a few times.
Everton 1-0 Liverpool: The reason it is not a penalty is because Smith is diving.
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Everton 1-0 Liverpool: Smith goes down in the penalty area but the referee is not interested.
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Everton 1-0 Liverpool: An incredible double save from Brosnan keeps Everton in the lead. First Nagamo pings a shot from 12 yards which the goalkeeper does well to stop but the Liverpool midfielder reaches the rebound first and Brosnan dives at her feet to prevent an equaliser.
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Everton 1-0 Liverpool: Beard has his head in his hands after a word with the fourth official. I assume he is still angry over the penalty decision and I suspect the answers he’s receiving from the fourth official are inadequate.
Leicester 0-1 Man Utd: Bizet attempts an optimistic overhead kick and she does not nail it, sending the ball meekly wide.
Everton 1-0 Liverpool: Kiernan is penalised for a handball and she can have no complaints as her hands are well above her head.
We are back playing at Goodison and the King Power.
Full time! Aston Villa 3-2 Crystal Palace
Salmon wins it at the end with an incredible goal to earn Villa their first victory of the season.
GOAL! Aston Villa 3-2 Crystal Palace (Salmon, 90+3)
Heartbreak for Palace, joy for Villa as Salmon spins on the edge of the box and whacks the ball into the top corner.
Aston Villa 2-2 Crystal Palace: Four minutes added on. Can anyone find a winner?
GOAL! Aston Villa 2-2 Crystal Palace (Blanchard, 87)
Blanchard loses her marker at the back post, allowing her to volley home an equaliser.
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Aston Villa 2-1 Crystal Palace: The Villans have had 20 shots in the match, which is pretty impressive.
Aston Villa 2-1 Crystal Palace: Five minutes to go for the Eagles to find an equaliser.
Half time: Leicester 0- 1 Manchester United
United took a very late lead after dominating the first half.
Half time! Everton 1-0 Liverpool
A penalty is the difference but it never should have happened.
GOAL! Leicester 0-1 Manchester United (Terland, 45+3
Despite additional time being up, Terland is able to open the scoring with a looping header back across the goalkeeper.
Everton 1-0 Liverpool: Matthew Beard rightly has a good moan at the fourth official. With the naked eye, it looked half a yard outside the box and replays further prove it. No VAR, of course.
GOAL! Everton 1-0 Liverpool (Snoeijs, pen, 42)
Snoeijs sends the goalkeeper the wrong way to further punish Liverpool for some truly awful officiating.
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Everton 0-0 Liverpool: PENALTY TO EVERTON! Hayashi is tripped outside the box but the referee away a penalty!
Leicester 0-0 Man Utd: Cain drives through the United defence and benefits from a ricochet in the box but someone sends her shot wide from six yards. She looks unhappy with herself.
Everton 0-0 Liverpool: Those couple of chances for Everton seems to have given them an extra impetus and they have ramped up their press and energy levels.
Aston Villa 2-1 Crystal Palace: Daly has a decent chance inside the box but a defender produces a fine block at the vital moment.
Everton 0-0 Liverpool: Former Liverpool player Lawley whacks a drive from 20 yards, it is heading for the bottom corner until Micah fingertips it wide.
Everton 0-0 Liverpool: After withstanding a lot of pressure, Everton’s Toni Payne leads a break before cutting in from the left and taking aim for the top corner, only to see her shot fly just wide.
Everton 0-0 Liverpool: Hinds does well to control a cross and spin on the spot but she drags her shot wide. One-way traffic.
Everton 0-0 Liverpool: The visitors are first to everything at Goodison. They are playing at a far higher tempo than Everton, who are battling to cope.
Aston Villa 2-1 Crystal Palace: It is the hosts who are on top in this one as they seek their first win over the season.
Everton 0-0 Liverpool: The Toffees try to play out from the back but it almost ends in complete farce, only saved by a generous referee who gives a free-kick for a foul on the goalkeeper.
Leicester 0-0 Man Utd: Clinton should give United the lead when a cross finds her unmarked on the edge of the six-yard box but she complete misses the target.
Leicester 0-0 Man Utd: The Foxes cannot get out of their own half. They are under plenty of pressure.
Aston Villa 2-1 Crystal Palace: We are off again at Villa Park!
Everton 0-0 Liverpool: It is all Liverpool at Goodison. Everton seem to be planning to cling on for as long as possible, which I guess is a type of plan.
Leicester 0-0 Man Utd: United are having the better of the opening minutes at the King Power without threatening.
Everton 0-0 Liverpool: The first chance of the match falls to Kiernan who pings a shot from 30 yards which does not dip in time as it flies over.
Peep! Peep! Peep! The whistles go to start the 3pm kick offs.
Half time! Aston Villa 2-1 Crystal Palace
It was a fine turnaround for Villa thanks to Patten and Daly after going behind.
GOAL! Aston Villa 2-1 Crystal Palace (Daly 45+5)
Hanson plays a perfect through ball for Daly to latch on to and smash past the goalkeeper at the first time of asking.
Aston Villa 1-1 Crystal Palace: Seven minutes added on after those early head injuries.
Aston Villa 1-1 Crystal Palace: Now it is the Villans who are aiming for a second. They have a few chances in the space of a minute or two, forcing Yanez into some decent saves.
GOAL! Aston Villa 1-1 Crystal Palace (Patten, 40)
A looping cross is not cleared by Palace and lands at the the feet Patten who takes a touch before firing a shot under Yanez to equalise.
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Aston Villa 0-1 Crystal Palace: Understandably, the opening goal has given the visitors a confidence boost and they are on the hunt for a second.
GOAL! Aston Villa 0-1 Crystal Palace (Cato, 30)
After Villa miss plenty of decent chances, Cato produces a hammer blow with a calm sidefooted shot into the corner to give Palace the lead.
Aston Villa 0-0 Crystal Palace: The match has calmed down after the early flurry of chances. Villa are still on top and Hanson has a decent opportunity but whacks her shot well over from the edge of the box.
Aston Villa 0-0 Crystal Palace: After another lengthy delay, Everett is patched up and ready to go again in a new, unbloodied shirt.
Aston Villa 0-0 Crystal Palace: Tomas and Everett clash heads in the box, leaving the Eagles captain on the deck while she is treated.
Aston Villa 0-0 Crystal Palace: The hosts are dominating the early part of the match, which was halted for a couple of minutes to allow Green to have treatment for a head injury.
Starting lineups: Everton v Liverpool
Everton: Brosnan, Hayashi, Wheeler, Vanhaevermaet, T. Payne, Lawley, Hope, H. Payne, Finnigan, S. Holmsgaard, Snoeijs
Subs: Hobson, Bissell, Ramsey, Foster, Sarri, Settle, Jones, Thomas, Olesen
Liverpool: Micah, Fisk, Clark, Bonner, Silcock, Hinds, Nagano, Holland, Hobinger, Smith, Kiernan
Subs:Spencer, Evans, Fahey, Kapocs, Enderby, Daniels, Shaw
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Starting lineups: Leicester v Man United
Leicester: Leitzig, Nevin, Bott, Howard, Takarada, Cayman, Cain, Kees, Chossenotte, Momiki, Mace
Subs: Kop, Ale, Thibaud, Swaby, Las, Sherwood, Pelgander, Rose, Goodwin
Man United: Tullis-Joyce, George, Le Tissier, Clinton, Awujo, Riviere, Bizet, Janssen, Terland, Turner, Geyse
Subs: Middleton-Patel, Newell, Sandberg, Simpson, Ladd, Miyazawa, Watson, Malard, Williams
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Aston Villa 0-0 Crystal Palace: I am starting to think these two are are struggling because they can’t defence. Gejl is set free down the middle but she is repelled twice by D’Angelo.
Aston Villa 0-0 Crystal Palace: Yanez is called into action again soon after when Nobbs takes aim from 20 yards but the goalkeeper does well to tip it clear.
Aston Villa 0-0 Crystal Palace: A chance on 60 seconds as Villa cut through Palace, allowing Daly to ping an effort from 15 yards but the keeper is equal to it.
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Aston Villa 0-0 Crystal Palace: The first game of the day has started!
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Is it cold at Villa Park? According to the players who have given their pre-match jackets to mascots, yes, yes it is.
Some early afternoon reading:
Starting lineups: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Aston Villa: D’Angelo, Mayling, Patten, Turner, Tomas, Staniforth, Nobbs, Grant, Hanson, Nunes, Daly.
Subs: Kelly, Maritz, Pacheco, Taylor, Kearns, Robinson, Dali, Leon, Salmon.
Crystal Palace: Yanez, Veje, Cato, Everett, Blanchard, Green, Potter, Riley, Gejl, Woodham, Stengel.
Subs: Majasaarl, Gibbons, Arthur, Sharpe, Weerden, Pritchard, Larkin, Aspin, Atkinson.
Preamble
Welcome one and all! The focus of today’s action is the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park where winless Everton host Liverpool. It’s been a dreadful start to the season for the Toffees who have three points from seven matches and are very much underdogs against sixth-placed Liverpool.
Speaking of teams without victories, Aston Villa host Crystal Palace, who can boast one triumph since promotion. The Villans have struggled since the departure of Carla Ward and Robert de Pauw desperately needs to slide to end.
Elsewhere, unbeaten Manchester United travel to Leicester. Marc Skinner’s side have won and drawn three of their six matches thus far and beating Leicester by a few goals would help them jump above Arsenal as United search for momentum after three draws in a row.
Aston Villa v Crystal Palace, 2pm (GMT)
Everton v Liverpool, 3pm
Leicester v Manchester United, 3pm
