Women's Super League: Everton Ladies 1-2 West Ham United Women
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Jane Ross joined West Ham after leaving Manchester City at the end of last season
West Ham came from behind to secure victory over winless Everton in their Women's Super League game at Southport.
Claudia Walker converted Siri Worm's cross to give Everton an early lead.
But Jane Ross nodded the equaliser after her own header came back off the crossbar, and Alisha Lehmann fired the Hammers in front just before the break.
Kirstie Levell saved a Ross penalty after Brianna Visalli was fouled, but West Ham hit the woodwork twice as they held on for a second win of the season.
Visalli struck the bar with a curling long-range effort, then Esme De Graaf sliced the rebound against the post from five yards with the goal at her mercy.
The Hammers, who were without Claire Rafferty because of a training ground knock, remain eighth in the WSL table, with Everton - who drew their two previous games - slipping a place to 10th.
Everton's Chloe Kelly: "We think within ourselves that we should be putting those games to bed. We had opportunities and we weren't clinical enough.
"We are very disappointed, we were 1-0 up, and we thought that we could win that game. It's a winnable game, but we've created our own mistakes.
"We were confident coming out for the second half, despite being behind. We had chances in the first half, but we didn't put them away, and West Ham were more clinical.
"We tried to do what we've been doing in training, but it didn't go our way."
West Ham's Gilly Flaherty: "We needed to stick together after conceding early. We conceded early last week against Liverpool, and tried to get back into it, unfortunately we couldn't.
"We spoke about it in midweek. How to react if we concede an early goal and I think our reaction was excellent, we dominated the first half. I think we rightly deserved the result we got.
"We scored two fantastic goals, and we had chances to score more. Goals always give players confidence.
"I know Jane Ross will be disappointed with her penalty miss, but it's also a great save, and being the professional that she is, she'll want to put the next one away and I'm sure she will."