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Liverpool recorded their first home win of the Women’s Super League season, beating Brighton 2-1 thanks to Jorelyn Carabali’s late own goal.
Nikita Parris canceled out Liverpool’s record signing Olivia Smith’s first-half opener but Brighton defender Carabali fired the ball home net to end the game.
Matt Beard’s side, who have not won a home league game since moving to St Helens Stadium from Prenton Park, recorded their third WSL win of the season.
Brighton, who are pushing for a top-four finish this season, almost opened the scoring in the 23rd minute when Liverpool goalkeeper Teagan Micah was involved in a mix-up controlling a back pass and teammate Grace Fisk put it away. Danger.
Liverpool took the lead in the 32nd minute when Brighton goalkeeper Sophie Bagali easily latched on to Cornelia Capocci’s weak shot.
Canadian Smith outran the Brighton defense on the right and ignored a challenge from Guero Bergswander before firing a clinical diagonal shot into the top corner.
With less than 10 minutes left in the game, Karabally put the ball into his own goal
Brighton continued to struggle to create clear chances in the second half, but they equalized in the 66th minute.
Kiko Seike beat Liverpool defender Gemma Evans on the right and crossed to Parris, whose shot took a wide deflection and went past Micah ( Micah) into the network.
Liverpool regrouped and applied pressure, forcing a number of corners before Marie Hobinger’s shot from outside the box was easily collected by Bagali.
The home side’s pressure paid off with eight minutes remaining when Fisk caused trouble in the Brighton penalty area, forcing a mistake from Karabally and slotting the ball past Baggali.
