Reaction'Really proud' - Gareth Taylor's verdict on Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham
The Reds gained their first Barclays Women's Super League victory of 2025-26 in dramatic fashion at St Helens Stadium on Sunday.
With the game 0-0 and Taylor's team having hit the woodwork three times, substitute Mia Enderby scored twice at the very end.
Read the head coach's verdict on a pleasing and dramatic afternoon for his side below.
On the satisfaction of getting the first WSL win of the season...
Yeah, really satisfying. It probably looked at some stage that we weren't going to get it, certainly when Alice [Bergstrom] hit the post in the 91st of 94 minutes. But football does that, it can give you another opportunity. The girls willed the ball into the net today. I thought Ceri [Holland] was excellent throughout. We've managed to keep the ball after the free-kick hits the post and Mia does what we expect our No.9 to do, which is get across the 'keeper.
And the second one was great because it shows what we want to be about in terms of being on the front foot, rather than drop off and surrender. The girls did it today. I thought we had a lot of good chances in the second half, a lot of box entries. We haven't had that this season, I'll be honest. I think today we looked a bit more look like what we want to be. The players are going to make a big difference for us.
On a strong start to the game but not taking the chances early on...
Yeah, of course. When you have that chance from Alice and we'd hit the post, you look at it and think, 'That could be our opportunity today.' But it shows the resilience of the players, they kept going and sometimes it presents another opportunity. I felt the game was going to be fairly tight, Tottenham are a good team. Jennifer Falk has to make a fantastic save at 0-0. But we had really good chances, Kappy [Cornelia Kapocs] probably had two or three and could have had a hat-trick. Just really pleased that we were able to get that result. We know it keeps us still at the bottom but I think it brings a few more teams in and just allows us to take that next step and build in the next games.
On the influential performances of new signings Denise O'Sullivan and Aurélie Csillag...
I know Denise had a small spell at Brighton in the WSL but [she is] relatively new, she has been used to playing in the American league; and Aurélie as well in the German league. But they both made good contributions and they will both get a lot better for that game. We've not had a huge amount of time to work with them and the more you work with players, like you saw with the rest of the players today, we are starting to build something here and it takes a little bit of time. We're patient. We know Denise is really important at the moment because of her leadership and maturity. We freshened things up with Aurélie [in the second half] because she put a lot into the game and we're asking her to play differently to the way she was at Freiburg.
On what he said to the players and staff post-match...
Just really proud of the performance and really pleased that we've had some joy. Because we've had a lot to contend with on and off the pitch this season. For me, I believe it makes you stronger, I really do. You can see a team that is really together, even before today. I can see that with this team, they are really together. They are a good group to work with, they are really hungry to learn and improve and get better. And want to do well for our great supporters; we were able to give them something to cheer about today, which was really nice.