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FA Women’s Championship

It was a great weekend for Liverpool as they extended their lead at the top
to four points with a 3-1 win away to Sunderland on Saturday night.
Emily Scarr did give the Wearsiders a first half lead but Yana Daniels
and Leanne Kiernan turned the match around in
the ten minutes leading up to half time, and Melissa
Lawley wrapped up the win with the third goal just
after the hour mark
London City Lionesses remain in second
place despite going down to a 2-0 defeat in their
derby match with Charlton Athletic. Mia Ross
gave the Addicks an eleventh minute lead and
Charlton secured the win after the break via a
Harley Bennett own goal.
Crystal Palace kept up their climb in the
table and their 2-1 victory at Blackburn Rovers
sees them enter the top three. Bianca Baptiste Chloe Bull scores her second goal and Bristol City’s
opened the scoring for Palace in the fourth minute third against Watford (Will Cheshire).
and a late goal from Sophie McLean made the points
safe for their third victory in a row, despite Annabel Blanchard pulling one back for Rovers.
Coventry Utd meanwhile broke their winning duck at the tenth attempt with a 1-0
success against Durham Women, who have tumbled to a third successive defeat. Rio Hardy
has been in great form for Coventry in recent weeks and she settled matters with the only goal
of the game with a powerful strike from the edge
of the area, three minutes from time.
Bristol City remain in fifth, but are now Sunderland 1 (Scarr 18)
just two points adrift from second place following Liverpool 3 (Daniels 36, Kiernan 45, Lawley 61)
their 3-0 victory away to Watford. Abi Harrison - Coventry Utd 1 (Hardy 87)
gave City the lead after twelve minutes and then Durham Women 0
a goal in each half from Chloe Bull made certain -
of a third win in four matches. Sheffield Utd 1 (Paul 85)
Lewes claimed a second victory in as Lewes 3 (Umotong 31, Howells 42, Ashworth-
many matches when they won 3-1 away to Clifford 73)
Sheffield Utd. Ini Umotong opened the scoring - Blackburn Rovers 1 (Blanchard 89)
for the Rookettes on the half hour and Paula Crystal Palace 2 (Baptiste 4, McLean 81)
Howells made it two, shortly before half time. -
Lucy Ashworth-Clifford then made the points Charlton Athletic 2 (Ross 11, Bennett og 52)
safe for Lewes by netting the third goal with London City Lionesses 0
seventeen minutes remaining, before Alethea -
Paul scored a late consolation goal for the Blades. Watford 0
Bristol City 3 (Harrison 12, C.Bull 27,71)
CHAMPIONSHIP P W D L F A Pts GD
LIVERPOOL 10 7 2 1 16 5 23 11
LONDON CITY LIONESSES 10 6 1 3 12 9 19 3 LEADING SCORERS
CRYSTAL PALACE 10 5 3 2 20 16 18 Leanne KIERNAN Liverpool 7
4
3
DURHAM WFC 10 6 0 4 13 10 18 Abi HARRISON Bristol City 6
8
BRISTOL CITY 10 5 2 3 20 12 17 Lucy WATSON Sheffield Utd 5
4
CHARLTON ATHLETIC 10 5 1 4 15 11 16 Millie FARROW Crystal Palace 4
3
LEWES 10 5 1 4 15 12 16 Rio HARDY Coventry Utd 4
SUNDERLAND 10 3 3 4 9 12 12 Beth HEPPLE Durham Women 4
-3
SHEFFIELD UTD 10 3 2 5 11 14 11 -3
BLACKBURN ROVERS 10 3 1 6 10 15 10 -5
COVENTRY UTD 10 1 2 7 10 22 5 -12
WATFORD 10 1 2 7 10 24 5 -14
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