Women's Super League: Manchester City beat Liverpool 2-1 to keep pressure on Arsenal
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Manchester City Women have won 13 of their 18 league games this season, losing none
Manchester City kept the pressure on Women's Super League leaders Arsenal, thanks to a 95th-minute winner from Jennifer Beattie against Liverpool.
Claire Emslie put City ahead before the half-hour mark with a deflected shot from the edge of the area and Steph Houghton almost made it two at the break, crashing an effort off the bar.
A Houghton handball allowed Courtney Sweetman-Kirk to level from the spot.
Beattie's dramatic late header moved them back to within a point of Arsenal.
With the Gunners beating Birmingham City 1-0 in Sunday's early kick-off, the pressure was on Nick Cushing's side to secure all three points against the eighth-placed Reds.
City's persistence against a stubborn Liverpool resistance eventually paid off, with Beattie nodding home a Caroline Weir free-kick.
The result - coupled with Chelsea's draw at home to West Ham - ensured Women's Champions League qualification for City for next season.
