#FAWC: Lewes defeat champions
Lewes defeated FA Women’s Championship winners Leicester City, while keeper Rylee Foster was Liverpool’s hero.
Charlton Athletic 2-1 Durham
Lewes 1-0 Leicester City
Sheffield United 0-1 Liverpool
Fifth-placed Lewes sent promoted Leicester City to a second league loss of the campaign.
Ini Umotong got the only goal from the spot in the first half, after Lucy Ashworth-Clifford was brought down in the box.
The Foxes piled pressure on the Rooks but were unable to find an equaliser.
Three missed penalties and red card as Liverpool win
Rylee Foster saves a penalty. (Picture by: Paul Bonser/SPP/Sports Press)
#FAWC: Charlton Women off the bottom with late leveller against Liverpool
#FAWC: Charlton Women off the bottom with late leveller against Liverpool Liverpool’s Rhiannon Roberts in action against Charlton Athletic. (PA Images)
Charlton Athletic netted a late penalty to hold Liverpool and move off the bottom of The FA Women’s Championship.
Sunday 7 February
Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Crystal Palace
Charlton Athletic 2-2 Liverpool
Late penalty lifts Charlton off the bottom
Charlton Athletic moved off the bottom of the table when holding Liverpool 2-2 with a late penalty, as the fourth-placed Reds sit ten points behind the leading pair.
Charley Clifford’s stoppage-time penalty rescued a point for Charlton Athletic in an engaging encounter with Liverpool at a snowy Hayes Lane.
LFC Women play out dramatic draw with Charlton Athletic Liverpool FC Women were held to a dramatic 2-2 draw with Charlton Athletic on Sunday afternoon.
The Reds fell behind in the first half of the FA Women’s Championship clash as Shauna Vassell netted one of several opportunities for the home side.
But Liverpool had the better of the second period and twice struck the woodwork before Rachel Furness found the target to level.
Debutant Ceri Holland completed the visitors’ turnaround two minutes from time, only for Charley Clifford to rescue Charlton a point from the penalty spot.
Amid increasingly snowy conditions at Hayes Lane that eventually blanketed the turf, both sides fashioned half-chances, though it was the home team who edged in front on 19 minutes.