NewsCeri Holland voted Liverpool FC Women's Player of the Month

Supporters voted the Welsh midfielder the outstanding performer for Matt Beard’s side in a month where they narrowly exited the Vitality Women’s FA Cup at holders Chelsea.

Holland scored in that game to continue her fine form, which saw her also scoop the Player of the Month prize for December.

The 25-year-old was presented with the Standard Chartered trophy as she returned to training on Tuesday after an international break, where she netted for Wales in the Pinatar Cup.

Holland told Liverpoolfc.com: “It’s really nice to win the award as it’s from the fans. It was nice personally to get a couple of goals and that’s something I’ve been working on.

“This year I’ve felt like I’ve grown in confidence and got used to working with Beardy, which has really helped but there’s always so much more to learn. I still expect more from myself all the time, to add more goals and assists. The most important thing is that we perform well as a team and you don’t win these awards without your team around you.”

The Reds were strengthened in the January window with several new additions – including midfielders Fuka Nagano and Sofie Lundgaard, who are already spending time in the midfield with Holland.

She added: “Fuka has come straight into the starting XI and I thought she was absolutely fantastic against Chelsea. She’s allowed myself and Bo [Kearns] to get a bit more involved in attack and that’s obviously shown as we’ve both added some goals recently.

“The way she controls the tempo in midfield is really good to play with and I’m really enjoying learning off her. It’s great because you learn from new players and different styles. Fuka has come in with that Japanese style of play and you’ve got Sofie from Denmark, she’s big, she’s powerful.

“I think we all offer something very different and complement each other really well.”

For Holland and the rest of her teammates, the big games keep coming, with away trips to Arsenal and Everton sandwiching a home clash with Tottenham Hotspur in the month ahead.

“In the WSL, every single game matters,” she said. “Tottenham at home is a massive one for us, given they’re below us in the league at the moment. Hopefully we can put in a really good performance – I think we were a bit unlucky when we went down there.

“And obviously in the derby we need to put in a better performance than we did at Anfield. I think if you can’t get up for a Merseyside derby, you’re at the wrong club!

“It’ll be a massive run of games but we just focus on one at a time. This week Beardy’s just got us focusing on having a really good week in training and then we’ll look at Arsenal next week.”