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Crystal Palace's hopes of avoiding relegation from the Women's Super League were dented by Sunday's home defeat by Liverpool. Jasmine Matthews' first-half strike was enough to give Amber Whiteley a winning start to her second stint as Liverpool interim manager, following Matt Beard's departure on Thursday.

Teams are often said to be afraid of facing a side which has just parted ways with a manager for fear of the so-called ‘new manager bounce’. So Sunday’s Women’s Super League match between Crystal Palace and Liverpool offered quite the conundrum for such a theory.

Crystal Palace were promoted to replace Bristol City in the top flight, while on a wider note, the league is now under the management and operation of a new organisation set up to lead women's football towards further growth and progression, with Nikki Doucet overseeing both the WSL and Championship in a new phase for the game.

This wasn't a set of Saturday 3pm games from which we expected a great deal. But Southampton getting halfway to a madness certainly helped.

Follow live coverage as Crystal Palace face Ipswich Town today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.

A beautiful chipped finish from Ismaila Sarr late in the second half gave Crystal Palace a 1-0 home win over relegation-threatened Ipswich Town on Saturday, with the visitors left to rue a slew of missed chances in a lively Premier League game.

Thanks to some excellent squad building by Chelsea over the past few years, the women’s team have been able to keep fighting on several fronts this season under new head coach Sonia Bompastor. This weekend,

Liverpool’s lead in the Premier League has grown to 16 points and Mohamed Salah’s lead in the Golden Boot contest is up to seven goals.

Ismaila Sarr scored a late winner for in-form Crystal Palace to deepen Ipswich Town's relegation fears at Selhurst Park on Saturday.