Handball from Millie Bright in the box and Liverpool have a penalty!

Another tight offside call as Lauren James finds Sam Kerr with a cross and the flag is up.

Kiernan's departure is a big blow for Liverpool. She was their top scorer with 13 goals last season and has struggled with injuries in the past.

Leanne Kiernan is down and looks to be in pain after being caught in a tangle with Kadeisha Buchanan after the Chelsea player intercepted the ball from her feet.

She is then is carried off of the pitch and is replaced by Megan Campbell.

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Liverpool are moving the ball quickly and getting into promising positions but the final ball has just been lacking when they do so.

Emma Sanders
BBC Sport at Prenton Park

There is 3,006 in attendance at Prenton Park which is a new record for Liverpool women at this ground.

Liverpool are enjoying a spell of possession at the beginning of the second half, holding the ball well in their own half.

Liverpool get the second half under way at Prenton Park.

Aoife Mannion
Manchester United defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

Gilly Flaherty will be disappointed that she left her leg hanging out there but, it's easy for us to sit here and criticise the movements of the defender. We have to remember that when you've got the likes of Fran Kirby running inside and the likes of Sam Kerr and Reiten, they make if difficult to coordinate your body as a defender.

Chelsea had 68.9% of the possession in the first half compared to Liverpool's 31.1%.

Perhaps more importantly, the visitor's passing accuracy was 85.1%; Liverpool's was 62.3%.

Aoife Mannion
Manchester United defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

Chelsea's Reiten and Kerr are playing really well together. One is coming in for the ball to be flicked on.

The other one is running long and I think that they've got a really nice union between them. We would have probably expected that it would have been Harder in that combination with Kerr but Reiten is doing that really nicely.

Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 59 Women's Super League matches when leading at half-time (W55, D4) dating back to 17th August 2013 against Liverpool (L3-4).

Emma Sanders
BBC Sport at Prenton Park

England international Lauren James has been really good so far. She's dragging Liverpool defenders out of position and showing all the trickery we know she has. Liverpool will have been relieved to hear the half-time whistle because they were under a lot of pressure in those last few minutes of the half in particular.

After a shocking start with Fran Kirby netting a penalty inside three minutes Liverpool have held their own and clawed their way back into the game.

Chelsea have been the dominant of the two sides, though, and would have hoped to have led by more.

One minute of stoppage time is added at the end of the first half

Fran Kirby has the ball on the edge of the box but two Liverpool defenders lunge towards her feet. Liverpool are defending in numbers.

Despite all of their possession, Chelsea have only had four shots in this game, two of which hit the target.

Chelsea have calmed down a little compared to their non-stop attacking in the opening moments of the game. They're passing the ball around Liverpool now and making inroads into the defence with more measure build-up play.

A few signs that Liverpool are beginning to grow into this game in recent minutes.

Chelsea have had fewer opportunities and the Reds have picked their moments well to take advantage of them on the break. It looks like that will be their main avenue of attack throughout this game.

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Aoife Mannion
Manchester United defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

I am watching this Liverpool defence and sometimes, they look really well-drilled. Sometimes they look really well-rehearsed with five at the back.

At other times, it's almost like they're playing man for man and sort of getting dragged out of their area so I think a few moments ago, we were talking about Liverpool creating chances and I think the next ten minutes, I can sense the momentum has shifted into Chelsea's favour.