Liverpool ended their long wait for a Women’s Super League home win over Everton, beating their local rivals 2-0 at Anfield. Beata Olsson’s early header and Cornelia Kapocs’s late finish were enough to secure the victory, after Everton had won all six of their previous WSL visits to the ground.
The result gave Liverpool the bragging rights at last, with supporters celebrating in the Kop after a thoroughly deserved win. The context made it especially sweet: Everton’s former manager Brian Sørensen had previously joked about making Anfield their “training pitch” during their persistent run of victories in the fixture.
Olsson opened the scoring inside the first four minutes, getting in front of her marker, Hannah Blundell, to meet Natalia Ramos’s right-sided corner. Her header was angled diagonally across goal and into the far corner. The simplicity of the goal might have suggested an easy afternoon for Liverpool, but what followed was often a slog, with the hosts trying to break down an Everton backline that initially proved difficult to open up.
Liverpool should have scored more, and Everton midfielder Ruby Mace was central to keeping the margin down. After the break, Vivien Endemann’s volley from another set piece hit the crossbar. With just over 20 minutes remaining, Ramos looked certain to score from fewer than 10 yards out, only for Mace to throw herself in front of the shot and block it. Five minutes later, Mace rescued Everton again, hooking Kapocs’s effort off the line after the forward’s attempted header came off the top of her shoulder and bounced goalwards.
Eventually, Kapocs found room inside the area to turn and fire home in the closing stages, much to the relief of Liverpool’s supporters. The win continued Liverpool’s encouraging start to the campaign, moving them on to seven points from their opening four games. Their only defeat so far has come away against the defending champions, Manchester City, and they appear significantly improved after building on the progress they made during the second half of 2025-26.
Everton, by contrast, had spurned a couple of decent chances on the counterattack before the break, including Hannah Cain scuffing over from a promising position. Their only two league goals this season have been own goals, and the performance will add to concerns about their comparative lack of creativity. They will also be disappointed that they can no longer rely on their annual collection of three points from Anfield.