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REDS FIGHT BACK FOR THE WIN
Cliftonville moved level at the top of the table after coming from behind to defeat Linfield Women at Solitude.
Marissa Callaghan fired the Reds in front with around a quarter-of-an-hour on the clock with a decisive finish from the edge of the six yard box, but Linfield hit back to level on 28 minutes when Cora Chambers converted from the spot.
Chambers then edged the Blues in front early in the second half after being played clear by Keri Halliday to lob keeper Erin McAllister.
But Cliftonville rallied in the closing 20 minutes to claim the points.
Naomi McLaughlin levelled on 69 minutes with a drilled finish into the corner from outside the area, swiftly followed by a cracking Abbie Magee free-kick and a Toni-Leigh Finnegan header before McLaughlin doubled her tally in stoppage time.
Cliftonville Ladies: McAllister, Burrows, Morgan, Maxwell, McDaniel, C. McGuinness, Carleton, K. McGuinness, Callaghan, O. McGuinness, Magee subs Doherty, Finnegan, O'Neill, Devine, Markey, Anderson, McLaughlin
Linfield Women: Currie, McMaster, Sweetlove, McGlynn, Chambers, Halliday, Marks, Knox, Hampton, Breen subs Fitzsimmons, Bassett, Leckey, Stanyte, Myles, Gargan, Reilly