Leicester City 3-0 Brighton: Foxes earn first points of WSL season

Leicester City clinched their first points of the Women’s Super League season with an impressive win over Brighton at the King Power Stadium.

Sam Tierney then bundled a second home after three minutes into the second period.

Substitute Monique Robinson then ran onto a blocked cross, opened her body and fired in the corner from 16 yards out.

Brighton remain in 11th place after Jens Scheuer’s first game in charge, four points clear of bottom Leicester.

Leicester had conceded just two WSL goals in their first nine games this season and those were their first at home since a 2-1 defeat by Spurs on opening day in September.

The Foxes had started the campaign for the second straight season with nine straight losses but are avoiding becoming the third WSL team to start their first 10th season after Doncaster 2016 (15) and Yeovil Town 2017-18 (12). loses games.

Impressive foxes warn

Based on this game, it’s hard to understand why the foxes are bottom of the table and haven’t scored a point this season.

They were brimming with energy and creativity as Hannah Cain pulled a wide try before Missy Goodwin slashed in from the left and spun just wide of the far post.

Willie Kirk’s side deservedly took the lead when Whelan, who joined Leicester this summer after almost five years at Brighton, latched on to a Tierney sacking and shot in the corner from 16 yards out.

Tierney made Leicester’s position more dominant as she crawled home in the six-yard box after Jemma Purfield’s cross was turned on twice.

Robinson scored the best goal of the game just moments after coming on from the bench and her finish from the side was a touch of class.

The win ends a streak of 10 losses in the WSL standings and brings the first league win since February with 15 losses and a draw in that time.

Defense problems for Brighton

This defeat is likely to affect former Bayern Munich coach Scheuer, who was announced as a permanent replacement for Hope Powell during the WSL winter break.

He has spoken about wanting to bring defensive stability to Brighton before playing high-intensity football. Neither brought this achievement.

They handed January signings Guro Bergsvand, Dejana Stefanovic and Zoe Morse their debuts, while Brianna Visalli also replaced the injured Stefanovic in the first half.

It’s been 13 games since they’ve kept a clean sheet and they’ve conceded 44 goals in that time.

They offered little forward movement, apart from Maisie Symonds being turned down twice by new Leicester goalkeeper Janina Leitzig in the closing stages, and were regularly cut open defensively.