A battling point gained at Liverpool in the WSL

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A battling and determined display saw us pick up a point on the road in the Barclays Women's Super League on Sunday as we played out a 2-2 draw at Liverpool.

Having fallen behind at St Helens Stadium with just 12 minutes on the clock as Sophie Roman Haug slotted home from close range, we responded well and, by the half-hour mark, we had turned the game on its head.

We were back on terms with 25 minutes on the clock as our hosts made a mess of dealing with Jess Naz's teasing dinked cross with goalkeeper Rachael Laws sending the ball over her own line before Clare Hunt instinctively stuck a leg out at the back post to nudge the ball home and put us ahead five minutes later.

Haug though was on hand to return the game to a level state as she powerfully headed in from a corner six minutes after the break.

Late on, we were forced to sit in and soak up significant pressure from the Reds but, despite their late ascendancy, we could and probably should have won the game in the final minute but Martha Thomas could not direct her header on target from point-blank range.