KATHRYN BATTE: Liverpool Women 苦しむd the humiliation of relegation while Jurgen Klopp's men won the 首相 League in 2020... but clever 新規採用 and a return to Melwood has put the Reds 支援する on 跡をつける

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When Jurgen Klopp was celebrating his and Liverpool’s first 首相 League 肩書を与える in the summer of 2020, the contrasting fortunes of the club’s women’s team was not lost on him.

It was not until their 昇進／宣伝 in April 2022, two years after their relegation to the 選手権, that Klopp spoke out 公然と.

'Liverpool was not in the last years famous for 扱う／治療するing or 取引，協定ing with the women's football outstandingly 井戸／弁護士席. They didn't go 負かす／撃墜する to the 選手権 for no 推論する／理由.

'But now they are 支援する and we need to make sure that we use that 状況／情勢.’

Liverpool copped their fair 株 of 批評 for 許すing their women’s team - who won 支援する-to-支援する 肩書を与えるs in 2013 and 2014 - to spiral 負かす／撃墜する the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する and into the second tier. Rightly so. It is more than a tad embarrassing that Liverpool’s 指名する sits と一緒に Reading, Birmingham and Bristol City - whose men’s teams are in the 選手権 - as the last four clubs to have been relegated from the WSL.

Liverpool's men's team won the 首相 League for the first time in 2020

The women's team were rel egated in the same season, but have now turned thing around under 経営者／支配人 Matt 耐えるd (pictured)

That is perhaps the 推論する／理由 they have not been afforded as much 賞賛する as they deserve for their successes. After failing to bounce 支援する at the first 試みる／企てる, Liverpool 雇うd their former 肩書を与える-winning 経営者／支配人 Matt 耐えるd.

昇進／宣伝 followed. So did 限られた／立憲的な 承認. A club the size of Liverpool should be winning the 選手権 with 緩和する, was the 告訴，告発 from some. It is easier said than done. Liverpool had a 安定した first season 支援する in the WSL without setting the world on 解雇する／砲火／射撃, but it is their work this 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 which has been 顕著に impressive.

The Reds are 共同の fourth in the WSL, level with Manchester 部隊d, and already have more points than they managed in the entirety of last season.

Liverpool did not go mad in the 移転 market. They have not thrown money at their squad. They have been clever in their 新規採用, bringing in players like Marie Hobinger and Sophie Roman Haug, both of whom have international experience but are young enough to still be developed.

耐えるd has been 重要な. He is overachieving with this squad. It is ありそうもない any of his 現在の players would get into the teams of 兵器庫 or Manchester 部隊d - but they have beaten them both this season.

Returning to Melwood has 証明するd to be a big 上げる for the women's team

Liverpool have 選ぶd up some impressive results in the WSL this season

What has also been 重要な is the club’s move to Melwood. Klopp’s team vacated the 所有物／資産／財産 in 2021 and, after 初めは selling the 場所／位置 to a 住宅 developer, the club bought the training ground 支援する for the women’s 味方する last year.

I spoke to 耐えるd in his Melwood office in October and, as he sat in the 議長，司会を務める once 占領するd by Klopp, he 反映するd on the 進歩 the club has made since he took 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 in 2021.

'People would always have a pop at the club. The club has always been supportive of the 始める，決める-up and I think this shows the support the football club has for the women's team.

'The football world, people want everything now. It takes time. If you look at how far we've come in three years, we've made 大規模な strides. The ambition is to challenge at the 最高の，を越す, that's what we want to do, but it's not going to happen 夜通し.'

同様に as having a Samsung TV for 耐えるd to watch his favourite 罪，犯罪 programmes, Melwood 申し込む／申し出s his players the エリート 施設s their previous home, which was 株d with League Two 味方する Tranmere Rovers, could not.

Jurgen Klopp can now be 確信して that the same mistakes will not be made with the women's team when he 出発／死s Liverpool th is summer

'Tranmere was 罰金, but it wasn't ours,’ 耐えるd said.

‘We've got the pool, we've got the sauna, we've got the hydrotherapy downstairs, ice baths. The players have everything they need to make sure they 回復する and 成し遂げる.

'It's all those little 追加する-ons that really help and make a difference.’

Liverpool have been playing catch up and to an extent they still are. But their 進歩 is admirable and when Klopp 出発／死s the club this summer he will leave 安全な in the knowledge that previous mistakes will not be repeated. The 適切な時期 he talked about in 2022 has not been wasted.

Macario makes up for lost time

The long wait to see Catarina Macario in a Chelsea shirt 証明するd to be 価値（がある） it for both player and club. Macario was one of the most exciting 調印s of the summer window but was still 回復するing from the ACL 傷害 she 選ぶd up in the 2022 支持する／優勝者s League final when she arrived in London. The 今後’s moment finally （機の）カム in Chelsea’s 4-0 勝利，勝つ over Leicester.

Macario （機の）カム off the （法廷の）裁判 to make her debut in the 78th minute and within six minutes had 得点する／非難する／２０d her first goal in 20 months. With Sam Kerr and Mia Fishel both sidelined with ACL 傷害s, Macario’s return to fitness is 正確に／まさに what Chelsea need.

‘She （機の）カム to Chelsea and wasn't in a fit 明言する／公表する to play until now,’ boss Emma Hayes said. ‘We've had to do a lot of work with her off the pitch so for her to get this moment I'm so immensely proud of her and the team behind the team who have put the hours into her.

‘She's a 最高の footballer and just what we need coming into the run-in.’

Catarina Macario (pictured) made an instant 衝撃 for Chelsea on Sunday after he long wait to play for the Blues に引き続いて a serious 傷害

Alessia's social マスコミ switch

There are people who reach a 確かな level of fame where they can be referred to 簡単に by their first 指名する. Kylie, Kanye, Beyonce, Madonna - you get the idea.?

Eagle-注目する，もくろむd fans spotted that England striker Alessia Russo had changed her 指名する on Instagram to just ‘alessia’ last week. Russo is the Lionesses most followed player on the social マスコミ 壇・綱領・公約 and her move signifies the 増加するd importance of branding in the women’s game.?

Russo’s England team-mate Ella Toone 開始する，打ち上げるd her own brand ‘ET7’ at the end of last year and there is every chance more players will follow 控訴.?

Russo was awarded 名誉として与えられる freedom of Maidstone, her hometown, last week - though both her first and last 指名する was printed on the 証明書.

England and 兵器庫 striker Alessia Russo has changed her 指名する on Instagram as her に引き続いて 増加するs online