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Bottom of the table and without a win in the Women's Super League this season - the picture looks bleak for Everton.

The club remain in limbo as they await the impending takeover by the Friedkin Group, which is set to end a protracted process involving several other parties.

The wait has affected all areas, including the women's team - where it has hit Everton's ability to compete in the transfer window and keep up with investment by WSL rivals.

Serious injuries have added to manager Brian Sorensen's woes and a 5-0 defeat by defending WSL champions Chelsea last weekend added to their misery.

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The first six games have been a right slog for some of the teams near the bottom, with Aston Villa, West Ham and Everton all still searching for their first win.

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Manchester City's win on Friday means that Chelsea can't catch them for another week, although Sonia Bompastor's Blues do have a game in hand.

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Nick Cushing - one of the candidates for Arsenal women's managerial vacancy - has seemingly ruled himself out of a return to the Women's Super League.

The former Manchester City women's boss emerged as an early candidate to replace Jonas Eidevall, but told a pre-match news conference he expects to still be with the Major League Soccer (MLS) side next season.

"The whole story is news to me," Cushing said.

"There has been no contact from anybody outside this organisation with myself. I can confirm I will be here next year."

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There were plenty of goals in north London, too, with Arsenal putting five past Brighton as their impressive form under interim boss Renee Slegers continued.

Beth Mead, Caitlin Foord, Frida Maanum, Lina Hurtig and Alessia Russo were all on the scoresheet for the Gunners.

With Nick Cushing seemingly ruling himself out of the Arsenal job, it's another result that helps Sleger's chances of landing the permanent role.

Read the match report from the Gunners' five star performance.

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Khadija Shaw says Manchester City want to raise their level to be "unstoppable" after comfortably beating Tottenham at Etihad Stadium.

Shaw's first goal came after just 24 seconds when she pounced on an error by Tottenham defender Clare Hunt, and her hat-trick was complete in the 67th minute.

"I just pride myself in trying to work for the team, because I know with the players I have around me I'm going to get opportunities," Shaw told Sky Sports.

"I'm quite a confident player and I know what I can do on the pitch, and Tottenham is no different. I'm just scoring against them - what can I say?

"Once we go at every game on the front foot from the first whistle, we're really good.

"We have to keep going and see where we can raise the level even better, so when we get to that level, we're unstoppable."

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It didn't take long for Khadija Shaw to open the scoring at the Etihad on Friday night, with her opening goal arriving just 23 seconds into the game against Tottenham.

The Jamaica striker went on to score two more, while Jill Roord added another to help City extend their lead at the top of the Women's Super League for another week.

You can read Emma Sanders' match report from that one here.

If you missed any of Friday night's action, here's a quick round up of how things went...

Emma Sanders
BBC Sport women’s football news reporter at St Helen's Stadium

Matt Beard makes one change to the Liverpool side who beat Aston Villa in their last outing.

Right-back Lucy Parry is out with an Achilles injury, while midfielder Fuka Nagano has not recovered in time from an ankle issue.

It means Gemma Evans comes in for Nagano in the only change.

Liverpool XI: Laws, Fisk, Clark, Bonner, Evans, Hinds, Matthews, Holland, Hobinger, Smith, Kiernan.

Subs: Micah, Spencer, Fahey, Kapocs, Enderby, Daniels, Silcock, Shaw.

Sonia Bompastor makes two changes to the Chelsea side who thrashed Everton 5-0 on their last trip to Merseyside.

Mayra Ramirez returns as Aggie Beever-Jones drops to the bench and Lucy Bronze comes back in for Ashley Lawrence at full-back.

Striker Catarina Macario is back from injury and on the bench.

Chelsea XI: Hampton, Bright, Nusken, Ramirez, Cuthbert, Reiten, Baltimore, Rytting-Kaneryd, Bronze, Hamano, Buchanan.

Subs: Musovic, Macario, Lawrence, Bjorn, Perisset, Kaptein, Mpome, Jean-Francois, Beever-Jones.

Let's get the team news from St Helens Stadium for our first WSL fixture of the day...

As always, we want to hear your thoughts throughout the day on today's four Women's Super League fixtures.

How have you seen the early exchanges in the title race going? How far can Manchester United go this season? Who looks most in danger of relegation so far.

Have your say using all of the usual channels.

Here's what the order of play looks like for today...

• Liverpool v Chelsea (12:30)
• Crystal Palace v Everton (14:00)
• West Ham v Leicester (15:00)
• Man Utd v Aston Villa (18:45)

And welcome to our live text for today's Women's Super League action!

After a busy Friday evening with Arsenal and Manchester City claiming big wins, we're back for more today with a jam-packed schedule.

There's four games coming up and we'll keep you up to date with all the thrills, spills and drama.

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