Press conferenceLFC Women team news: Olsson fitness, squad options and Kiernan loan

Gareth Taylor's side travel to Manchester United for an 11.55am GMT kick-off on Sunday in the Barclays Women's Super League.

The Reds' top scorer this season has returned to training ahead of the trip to Leigh Sports Village.

"We'll have Beata Olsson, who is back on the training pitch with us, so it's an option for us to be able to bring Beata back into the squad," said Taylor at his pre-match press conference on Friday afternoon.

"We'll see how she checks in tomorrow in our training session.

"Anna Josendal is still a little bit further away, outside of the long-termers - the likes of Sam [Kerr], Marie [Höbinger] and Sophie [Roman Haug].

"Everybody else is OK."

On Olsson's significance to the team, Taylor added: "It's really important to have Beata back, she's done really well.

"It just adds another layer of option for us that we haven't had previously. She's competing now with Martha [Thomas], with Aurélie [Csillag], with Mia [Enderby], when we get Anna in there as well, and obviously Alice Bergstrom and Ceri Holland.

"All of a sudden that gives us so many options - not just from the start, but also in-game as well. It's something that's been really welcome.

"Hopefully we can get her back in time for the weekend."

January loan signing Thomas is also in contention after being unable to feature against parent club Tottenham Hotspur when Liverpool won 2-0 last time out.

Taylor was also asked about the decision for striker Leanne Kiernan to join Nottingham Forest on loan until the end of the campaign.

"With the additions that we've made in this window, it was obviously providing quite a tough challenge," he replied.

"We would have seen a lot more of Leanne; she has had quite a disjointed season with injury. We would have seen a lot more of her early on in the season but she had niggling injuries that kept her out of the team.

"By the time she got herself back fully fit in this last week, we have obviously improved in areas and there's quite a bit of traffic in those positions she plays in.

"So, it just made sense. We had a good conversation. We see that this is a really important period for Leanne to go out and play consistently. So, the Forest one for us made sense, she was happy with it.

"We'll obviously keep really good track of her progress and keep in contact with her, because she's a player that we like a lot.

"It was just the way the season has panned out for her so far and the fact she has got fully fit now and back in the reckoning, I think that chances for her would have been limited."