Liverpool Women Aim for Progress After Spurs Draw

Heading into the 2026-27 campaign, Liverpool Women could have looked at their opening run — newly promoted Charlton, mid-table Tottenham, and reigning FAWSL champions Manchester City — and circled four points as a sensible early target. Ambitious, but realistic.

They might now feel they should already be ahead of schedule.

A ruthless 4-0 dismantling of Charlton on opening day didn’t just tick the first box. It nudged expectations higher. The performance had a sharpness about it, a hint that this Liverpool side might not just be scrambling away from the drop this time, but trying to re-establish themselves in the league’s middle pack.

The 1-1 draw with Spurs in week two keeps them on that four-point track. It doesn’t quite match the mood inside the camp.

Liverpool Dominate but Have to Settle

There was a strong argument Liverpool did enough to win on Sunday. They controlled long stretches, especially after the break, and forced Tottenham deeper and deeper.

Manager Gareth Taylor chose to lean into that dominance rather than dwell on the dropped points.

"I'm really proud of the performance," he said afterwards. "I felt we were the better team. We improved second half, but I still felt we were probably the team that were looking more likely in the first. I think where we've just come up short today is our final action."

That final action — the last pass, the clean strike, the decisive touch in the box — separated a solid point from what could have been a statement start to the season.

Liverpool pushed Spurs back and kept them there for most of the second half. Attacks came in waves, the ball recycled quickly, pressure mounting.

"For the amount of play that we had, it felt in the second half that Tottenham really couldn't get out of their half but only for a couple of moments," Taylor said. "I'm really proud of the team and where we've taken it to now. I thought the goal was quality and I thought we could have had a penalty."

The sense of frustration was obvious. So was the sense of progress.

From Survival Scrap to Building Something

Even if Liverpool emerge from this daunting three-game stretch with the originally targeted four points, it will still represent a significant step up from last season’s grind. That’s before you even factor in how they’ve looked doing it.

Pre-season hinted at a more confident, cohesive side. The early competitive fixtures have backed that up. There’s more control in possession, more clarity in pressing, and a belief that they can dictate games against sides like Spurs rather than simply react to them.

"There are a lot of elements of our game today that we're really satisfied with," Taylor added. "Tottenham are a good team. They're not going to give up the spaces easily and they wanted to be aggressive and change their press in the first half to try to stop us gaining so much ball."

Spurs adjusted. Liverpool still found ways to play.

Now comes the real measuring stick: Manchester City, the defending champions, under the lights in a rare Friday kickoff. If Liverpool can carry this control and conviction into that clash, those four points might start to look less like a ceiling and more like a launchpad.