Heading into the match in excellent goalscoring form, City were thwarted by an inspired Rafaela Borggrafe as the Liverpool goalkeeper made a number of good saves to deny Vivianne Miedema, Kerstin Casparij and Fujino.

And it was Liverpool who started the second half better, taking the lead after 52 minutes as Kapocs scored her side’s first league goal since their opening day defeat against Merseyside rivals Everton.

City continued to dominate possession but looked sluggish in attack until a Khadija Shaw header forced Borggrafe into a save, with Beney converting from the rebound. And City found a winner in the dying embers of the game as substitute Sydney Lohmann set up Fujino, who powered the ball past Borggrafe.

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