On the hottest day of the year so far, the pressing Foxes beat the Toffees thanks to first-half goals from strikers Lena Petermann and Shannon O’Brien, while Sam Tierney’s second-half strike proved Demonstrate the difference after the next round. surge. from the Merseyside club.
In the sweltering heat of Belvoir Drive, it was a tough test for City to face Everton, who secured a mid-table finish last season, but from the start it was clear that both teams were is handling the situation as if it were happening. compete. .
Leicester opened the scoring just five minutes later thanks to new number 9 Pettermann, who finished strongly and sunk into the bottom right corner of the goal after Man City’s intense pressure helped them win the ball back in a dangerous position.
Everton posed a threat in the forward positions, but the defense and goalkeeper Lize Kop held firm to nullify any chances, and before the first drinks break the Foxes saw their third chance two when defender Sophie Howard tried her luck.
Just after half an hour, Leicester doubled their advantage over the Toffees when, in the box and facing goal, O’Brien, who had been on the bench for much of last season due to injury, managed to recover the ball in the box. ban. target. farthest corner.
In the final moments before the break, Man City had two more chances, the best of which came when Josie Green, who was showing excellent control of the game, put the ball past Aileen Whelan at the far corner, But the captain had more time than she thought. . and shot the shot safely into the hands of the Everton goalkeeper.
The second half brought a change in formation for Willie Kirk’s side but no change in intensity, the pair of Jutta Rantala and Missy Goodwin coming off the bench appeared eager to impress and both created opportunity from close range. limit. to Petermann, who fired into the home team’s net, before seeing the offside flag raised at the far touchline.
Soon after, the Foxes got a third as high pressure materialized once again as Tierney took the ball into the opposition half, found the keeper off his line and produced an excellent effort in 35m distance from behind. from online.
Everton bounced back around the hour mark, when one of the strikers fired a left-footed shot past the Kop, going wide of the post on the way in, but this did not stop the momentum that Leicester had worked so hard to create go out.
Towards the end, valuable minutes were given to young players including Simone Sherwood and Denny Draper, the latter of whom scored nine goals in the first three games of the season for the Academy U21 side.
In the midday heat and with time running out, Everton scored a second goal, which looked like a carbon copy of their first goal, as they fired a shot down the right side of the Kop, reducing the deficit. The gap was down to one, but Leicester’s lead remained intact until the final whistle sounded. ended another promising run for Kirk’s Foxes.
