Liverpool might be on cloud nine at the summit of the Premier League but they couldn’t be further from glory in the Barclays FA Women’s Super League.

A wretched run of nine league games without a win since the beginning of the season has left them rooted to bottom of the table, something forward Kirsty Linnett is eager to put right.

The 26-year-old signed for the Reds ahead of the 2018/19 season, following a mass exodus of players from Prenton Park, finishing two places above cross-town rivals Everton in eighth.

The squad is now unrecognisable from the one which won back-to-back titles in 2013 and 2014, featuring Lucy Bronze and Fara Williams at its core.

And Linnett admits the club is still in the midst of a tough rebuilding process.

“There’s a massive sense of pride in this city surrounding wearing the Liverpool shirt and everyone is football-mad – it is huge here,” said the Leicester-born forward.

“We love that the men are doing so well but I don’t think we are in a position to be compared with them at the moment.

“We are in a building phase and had a whole new team at the start of last season so we want to keep going and keep improving.

“It has been difficult and we are constantly reminded of how we are doing, so as a team and on a personal level it has been frustrating.”

Despite their slender tally of just two points, Liverpool have conceded fewer goals than the five teams closest to them in the table, suffering narrow 1-0 losses to Manchester City, Arsenal and Everton.

Unlike their male counterparts, it has been in attack that Vicky Jepson’s side has struggled – something that Linnett feels personally responsible for after moving from a striker to a new position as a creative midfielder.

Having made her breakthrough at Birmingham City in 2013, Linnett got a taste of Champions League football early on in her career but even with an additional European spot up for grabs from the 2021/22 season – Liverpool look a long way from mounting a challenge next season.

And with a visit from unbeaten Chelsea to come this weekend, things aren’t about to get any easier.

“The performances have definitely been there over the past few weeks, and it feels like it is coming now so I’d be a lot more worried if the performances weren’t there,” she added.

“We were unlucky against Everton, hit the post against Arsenal and had chances against Manchester City, so we all believe that if we stick together and to the gameplan, it will be a case of ‘when’ and not ‘if’.

“I am playing behind the forwards now and I am really enjoying my new position but my job is still to create goals and score them so it’s still frustrating.

“We need to start taking chances and we’re working hard behind the scenes to do that, and they need to be clear-cut chances too.”

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