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The boss discusses going to the top of the table and the
upcoming Continental Cup game against United.
Liverpool Women have had an excellent start to their
season, even if it has been in the Championship and thus not
entirely available to us all to watch. The team is sitting pretty
at the top of the table and after yet another victory under their
belt, this time against Coventry United, the team is ready to take
on FAWSL team Manchester
United in the Continental Cup today. Coach Vicky Jepson wrote
about how good it feels to win and what she’s watching out for
today in .
“We are back at Prenton Park when we face Manchester United in the group stage of the
Continental Cup,” Jepson wrote. “We had a good game against them in
pre-season which ended in a draw and we lost marginally away to
them in the league last season. It’s always been a tough game and
we are well aware of the type of signings that [former Liverpool
star] Casey Stoney has brought into their squad and the calibre of
players that they have. On top of that, we played 90 minutes on
Sunday on a different type of surface, in turf as opposed to grass.
All these challenges creep in, but we can’t control that and we
have to make sure we recover well and be ready for Wednesday.”
While Prenton Park has come under fire for its conditions
before, it is still a grass pitch which is far preferable
to turf for most (if not all) football players. Last Sunday’s game
was away at Butts Park Arena, and the victory against Coventry
United was a hard fought one.
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“Winning momentum is absolutely key for confidence and team
morale,” Jepson added. “Our purpose every game is three points and
it doesn’t matter how we get them, but obviously we would prefer a
perfect performance. There were areas of our game against Coventry
that we need to reflect on and be better at, but as a whole it was
a well-earned three points. Coventry, certainly towards the end of
the game, made us earn those three points but there were still many
positives for us. Lucy Parry made her debut and became our youngest
ever player, aged just 16 years and 150 days, which is incredible.
Becky Jane returned for us, Amalie Thestrup got her first goal, so
it was a good day overall.”
Hopefully the morale boost from the win this weekend carries
forward today for a decidedly difficult match.
“There’s always motivation when you play against United,” Jepson
said. “We’ve got utmost respect for Casey, who used to play here,
and her team, but there’s nothing better than these type of games
to give you that extra motivation. We have motivation anyway
playing against a team from the Women’s Super League because that
is the league we want to be back in as soon as possible, so we’ll
give it our best on Wednesday and see where it takes us.”