Hemp Stars in City Comeback Win | Manchester City v Liverpool | Barclays WSL 26/27

Greenwood digs it down the line. Clock robbed of the ball by Lauren Hemp and here come Manchester City three on two, Lauren Hemp goes for goal and over it goes. Really sloppy from Liverpool. Very nearly allowing Manchester City an early goal. Yeah, just not playing quick enough there, Liverpool. Lauren Hemp gets on it. We all know the speed she has. I do think Chiara Keating may have got a hand to that one, but Lauren Hemp does just get a good left foot on it. Yamashita will wait for the pressure to come, so she just finds Greenwood. Greenwood into Vamser. She finds Lauren Hemp, takes one touch and shoots low and finds the opening goal. Well, Liverpool looked a little loose at the back and Lauren Hemp punishes them. How easy did that look for Manchester City? Three passes and then we're in Liverpool's final third. Alex Greenwood here takes a space, she runs into it. That's what she does so well. Vamser gets on the ball and the overlap from Lauren Hemp just finds herself absolutely free and we've seen that before, haven't we? Left foot into the bottom corner, three passes and Manchester City 1-0 up. Brilliant goal from Lauren Hemp. Here is Enderman. Slides it forward to Bergstrom, who equalises for Liverpool. Well, what about that? Manchester City a little casual at the back. Alice Bergstrom played in and finding the strike to beat Yamashita. Manchester City 1-0, Liverpool 1-0. Yeah, Manchester City won't want to watch that one back. As we were saying at the start of the game, it has just been a little bit loose at the back a little bit. Players are not checking the shoulders, checking what's around them, and Liverpool here are able to capitalise on on a goal kick. They're all in such a line. Alex Greenwood saying just pass it all the way back, tries to deal with it. Enderman slides it through to Bergstrom, who undoubtedly great finish. Here, maybe it's a lucky bounce, but can't take anything away from that pass and that finish. Great goal by Liverpool and they're right back in it now. Sure, tries to lay it back to Fowler, one back by Nagano. Lays it off to Bergstrom, the goal scorer for Liverpool. Cross is a decent one. Will it break for Enderman? Yes, it will. He gives Liverpool the lead. Just a simple cross into the box. City didn't deal with it. Didn't win the first ball, didn't win the second. And Vivian Enderman there to poke it in. Just like we were saying, this Manchester defence looks quite shaky and they do really well here to to win it back. Firstly, in the midfield, play a forward pass against the Man City defence. It's out of shape. Bergstrom puts, let's be honest, a hopeful ball in the box, maybe, and it's bad defending from Jade Rose to drop down Enderman's on it. That's an excellent ball into Bunny Shaw, out comes Keating. Can Shaw finish from the angle? No, she can't. The woodwork denies her. Still City come, though. Fowler. Can she get the space for the shot? Back to Hemp. And Shaw pokes it back to Benet. Well, that was a heart in the mouth moment then, wasn't it, for Kiara Keating? I think she's tried to come out and then regretted her decision. Bunny Shaw goes past her and just smashes it against the post. It was a tight angle, but I would expect Bunny Shaw to just slide it in. Blinkiller-Brown out to Rose. Hasegawa followed by Nagano. Up to Shaw. Plenty of options on the left. Vamser slides it into Lauren Heft. Heft goes for goal and Kiara Bunny Shaw on the rebound. Jumping on the mistake from Keating. And it just had to be Bunny Shaw, didn't it? Even from a yard out. Good play from Manchester City here. She starts it off Bunny Shaw, doesn't it? Gives it Beth Mead. Quick play through to Lauren Hemp, who's been the star of the show for Manchester City. Kiara Keating won't want to see that one again. But Bunny Shaw, the person who's in that box for Manchester City, just taps it home. Hemp running at Kerr. The delivery across the box is a good one and that's a brilliant save from Keating. Had to react really quickly and she did. What a save from Kiara Keating there. She absolutely gets up and claws that one away. But what a ball from Hasegawa down this left hand side to Lauren Hemp. Doing, as we've said, what she does best. She just creates that couple of yards, puts it in a perfect area for Bunny Shaw. It's a great shot from Bunny Shaw, but what about that save? Vamser back to Hasegawa. Still players await the delivery and the ball in strikes that would work. Back to Rose, who blasted over. I don't think Kiara Keating had full control of that situation. I agree. I think she's had to go up and and save that. I don't think Hasegawa maybe was aiming. I think it looks like a cross. Kiara Keating had to get a hand to that ball because it is dropping in the net. This fixture last season, Liverpool lost it late. City with an injury time winner. We might be heading for a similar story. Clinton whips the ball near post and Grace Fisk puts it in her own net. Heartbreak for Liverpool. In the final minute of the game, it ended so well. Manchester City have been knocking at the door and Liverpool just opened it wide for them there. Grace Clinton with the assist. Grace Fisk with the own goal to her name and City lead by three goals to two. Oh, and how upsetting for Grace Fisk. She's had such a brilliant game. It's a good ball to the front post from Grace Clinton, but it looks like lack of communication between the keeper and the centre back there. I'm not sure if Kiara Keating's maybe not shouted for it. Donnie Shaw looks to add a bit of gloss to the scoreline. Can't quite guide that in. And that was not too far away. That really was close to going in. City are just looking to defend this and see this lead out as it's hit forward. Roman Hawke, will it break for Chilam? No, it won't. City gathered away. More than just gathered away. Here's Lauren Hemp. Just Kiara Keating to beat, Lauren Hemp to finish it. And she does. The City have a fourth. A second in the game for Lauren Hemp as Liverpool try to get back level late on. They were done on the counter. The reigning champions get all three points. And when Lauren Hemp is in that position, run V1 versus the goalkeeper, you really don't expect her to miss. She's so quick. She looks where Keating is and she just so coolly, so calmly with her left foot, slides it past her. It's Firgino, looks for the run of Bonnie Shaw, left by Fisk. Shaw is there and Keating does not look comfortable. She's desperate for the full time whistle because she's struggling to even stay on her feet in a standing position. And there is the full time whistle. Then a big roar goes around the Joy Stadium. Andrei Yeglets' side, three wins from three. But they had to work for it today against their former manager, Gareth Taylor. Full time here, Manchester City 4, Liverpool 2.