Liverpool head coach Gareth Taylor has voiced his fears over fixture congestion after the international break.
His team play Chelsea in St Helens on Sunday, then face away ties at Arsenal, West Ham and Sheffield United in the space of a week.
He said: “We play three league games, all in a week and the powers that be of decided to put us three games in six days away from home, which is incredible.”
With injuries plaguing Liverpool this season he showed concern for his squad, he said: “They talk about welfare of the game for these girls. I just think it’s a joke.”
Taylor’s side have struggled for form this season, winless in seven games sitting on a meagre one point after a draw to Brighton last weekend set them off the mark.
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It’s hard to pinpoint Liverpool’s biggest issue this season, but goalscoring is certainly one of them
The former City manager said: “You can see we’re one of the lowest scorers and usually when you are the lowest scores, you are down the bottom end.”
Liverpool have the second-worst goalscoring record in the league, ahead only of bottom-placed West Ham. Under head coach Sonia Bompastor, the WSL holders have conceded just four goals.
With their main weakness lining up perfectly with Chelsea’s biggest strength, it could spell a difficult outing for the Merseyside team.
The Reds opponents come into the game having not lost a game this season sitting on six wins and two draws Taylor highlighted two specific players key to there success.
He said: “Top players like Lucy Bronze and Keira Walsh, you know, very, very good players and they are serial winners wherever they’ve been.”
Although the home sides chances of getting a result look slim the return of Gemma Bonner and Lucy Parry could help boost the odds in their favour.
Taylor said: “Bonner and Parry are back into training, we should be able to get them for some kind of time if needed on the weekend.”
Having been relieved of his duties in March by Manchester City, the former Bristol Rovers defender isn’t used to scrapping it out at the bottom end of the table.
He said: “I’m not going to deny that it’s been super, super tough, I think we have had to deal with some really, really difficult moments, both on and off the pitch in this short period of the season so far.
“But actually, it’s really clear for me what we need to do, where we need to improve, what are the strength that we have as a football club and I think that’s also like really exciting.”
Liverpool kick off Chelsea in St Helens at noon this Sunday.
