MO MARLEY admits Everton’s hopes of winning the inaugural FA Women’s Super League are all but over.
The Blues succumbed to a shock 2-0 defeat at home to Lincoln Ladies on Sunday, bringing an end to their five-game winning streak.
Star forward Natasha Dowie missed a second-half penalty, after an own-goal from skipper Becky Easton and a strike from Jess Clarke had given the Imps an early lead.
The result leaves them six points behind leaders Birmingham with just three games left to play, although Everton have a game in hand on the Midlands club.
And coach Marley conceded that the weekend’s defeat means that there is unlikely to be any silverware for the club this season, following early exits from both the FA Cup and Champions League.
“It’s an opportunity wasted, and that’s why we’re sitting third in the table and not at the top,” Marley said.
“These are the opportunities you’re given and you have to take them, and once again we’ve fallen short and that’s why we’re not competing at the top.
“I thought it was going to be difficult even if we kept winning, because we are relying on other teams dropping points.
“In the last few games we’ve got the results and performances have been decent to exceptionally good, but this performance wasn’t great and the result was even worse.”
