Everton move out of the relegation places with the win, while City's failure to captalise on Chelsea's first dropped points of the season at Leicester City on Saturday leaves them six points behind the reigning champions.

Manchester City missed the chance to close the gap at the top of Women's Super League on Sunday as they slumped to a shock 2-1 defeat at Everton the day after leaders Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw by lowly Leicester City.

A day after Chelsea dropped their first points of the season in a 1-1 draw at bottom-side Leicester, Gareth Taylor’s City suffered a shock defeat to fall further behind Sonia Bompastor’s side. First-half goals from Lucy Hope and Honoka Hayashi put Everton in control and City were unable to respond despite pulling one back late on through a Mary Fowler penalty.