Liverpool just haven't got going yet. In fairness, they've not been allowed to settle with Leicester putting them under pressure all over the pitch.

Hannah Cain and the Leicester fans are furious as a free-kick goes against her on the touchline.

Cain is adamant the decision should have gone her way. It keeps an already noisy crowd in good voice at least!

Jonathan Morgan
Former Leicester manager on BBC Radio Leicester

Thoroughly deserved. Leicester have been on top of this game. Liverpool will be very disappointed with how they marked that but the moment you saw Hannah Cain on the edge of the box you knew they were going to go short. Fantastic goal and a fantastic start for Leicester.

Jonathan Morgan
Former Leicester manager on BBC Radio Leicester

I think the only issue is sometimes when Leicester are in possession they're so spread. The gap is a little bit too big between the centre-backs and the right-backs.

They're looking to get the width. If you keep the ball it's fine but when you lose the ball the gaps are there to be exploited.

Liverpool move forward nicely and Taylor Hinds clips a ball into the box towards Natashie Dowie.

The striker gets her head to it but the ball is a touch behind her and she can't guide the header on target.

Leicester then move forward and Josie Green sends a dipping shot just wide.

A crunching tackle in the middle of the pitch as Missy Bo Kearns and Courtney Nevin refuse to give an inch.

There have been a few tasty challenges so far.

Jonathan Morgan
Former Leicester manager on BBC Radio Leicester

Leicester have looked composed, not nervous at all. They're on a bit of an attack and work themselves forward in the final third to get a shot away. A good start.

Leicester come forward again Ruby Mace gets a shot away. It's a tight angle, though, and the ball goes harmlessly into the side netting.

Missy Bo Kearns swings in a free-kick from deep for the visitors and Ruby Mace slices the clearance behind for a corner.

Liverpool take it short and when the ball is flung into the area, Leicester deal with it comfortably.

Leicester are the team with so much at stake in this game and they're really playing like it in these early moments.

But twice Liverpool threaten to counter and the Foxes need strong interventions from CJ Bott each time to stop the attacks early.

Early corner for Leicester as they give Liverpool trouble with an energetic high press.

It's a cleverly worked, low corner from Leicester and the ball comes to Hannah Cain before Liverpool manage to scramble it clear.

Referee Emily Heaslip blows her whistle and Liverpool get the game underway.

The teams walk out to the sound of trumpets in Leicester. We're just about ready to go in this hugely important game in the Foxes season.

Three of the four sides in the thick of the relegation battle are in action today.

Reading must wait until tomorrow to face Manchester City. But given a Leicester win would leave her side bottom, Royals boss Kelly Chambers is sure to have a close eye on this afternoon's games.

Just five minutes until kick-off at the King Power now...

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It is nearly a month since Leicester's last game - a hugely important stoppage-time win over Reading.

Such a long break may not have been ideal when they had gained such momentum but they should take confidence into this one.

Even more so given they won the reverse fixture against Liverpool 1-0. Hannah Cain scored the only goal.

• Liverpool are currently unbeaten in four matches in the WSL (W2 D2), their longest unbeaten run in the competition since January 2018 when they won four games on the bounce.
• Leicester City won their last league match against Reading at the start of the month – the Foxes haven’t won consecutive matches in the WSL since February 2022 against Birmingham and West Ham.
• All five of Liverpool’s league victories this season have come in home matches – they are currently on a run of nine games without a win away from home in the WSL (D4 L5).
• Leicester are the only side yet to have been awarded a penalty in the WSL this season; they have only won one penalty in 39 total games in the competition (in February 2022 vs Birmingham).

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After securing promotion back to the WSL last season, Liverpool look to have done enough to ensure they'll be in the top flight again next season.

But with five games still to play, manager Matt Beard wants more from his side as they aim to build for the future.

"Leicester need to win this game, so they are going to be the ones playing under pressure," he wrote in his column for the club website.

"We can go out and really concentrate on our performance and continue to develop as a team.

"There is still so much more for us to do but I think we have grown into this league over the course of the year and I always knew it would take time.

"We have been challenged so much tactically this season because of personnel and injuries, but we are playing with smiles on our faces and freedom."

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Leicester lost their first nine matches of the WSL season and were pointless at the start of 2023.

However, they have fought back well over the last few months and even jumped out of the relegation place for a time.

Manager Willie Kirk has delighted in his side proving people wrong and is keen that they continue to do so.

"I've always said it is really exciting, that is still the case," said the Foxes boss. "I would rather have a boring end of the season, sitting seventh, but we have to take it as it is.

"The biggest motivator has been that everybody wrote us off at the end of the calendar year.

"We went into the Christmas break on zero points and there were some people saying there wasn't such a thing as a relegation fight, it was done and dusted, Leicester were down.

"That has been motivating for us internally."

It could scarcely be tight at the foot of the WSL table. Four teams separated by just three points.

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