MISSY’S ANFIELD OF DREAMS
Bo has a peep at the big time as she follows in footsteps of Kop star Curtis
to do the same... the late nights training and then going to school when you’re a kid.
“It’s not easy and to see it pay off, it’s worth every single minute.”
Kearns has reaped the rewards from putting in those hard yards as Liverpool prepare to kick off their first Women’s Super League campaign for three years.
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Working under Matt Beard, who won successive WSL titles as manager in 2013 and 2014, 21-year-old Kearns is relishing the prospect of stepping back into that spotlight. She said: “We’re back where we belong, where we should be and it’s going to be exciting to see where we’re actually at. We’ll perform against some of the big teams, and we’ve got a good enough squad to compete.
“I’m looking forward to it because last time I was just a player who’d come off the bench. I was only young, I’d not played many minutes.
“Now I could be starting a lot of the games this season if I perform, so I’m looking forward to the challenge.”
Like fellow Scousers Gerrard and Trent Alexander-arnold, Kearns has gained a reputation for lethal set-pieces, which her manager hails simply as ‘undefendable’. She added: “I think that growing up at Liverpool, it’s a very technical club and you’re working on stuff all the time.
“One thing that I used to get told to work on a lot when I was a kid was corners and free-kicks.
“Now they’re coming off.
Chance
“We get a lot of goals and I get a lot of assists from them. If you’ve got a good delivery, it’s a good chance for your defenders, midfielders and strikers to get on the end of them. It can be the difference between winning and losing” The
England Under-23 international is also hopeful of fulfilling a lifelong ambition in a fortnight’s time, when Liverpool face Everton in the Merseyside derby.
Kearns admitted: “I can’t wait. It’ll be a dream come true to play at Anfield.
“Last time I was on the bench and didn’t get on.
“It was frustrating but hopefully my time to prove myself comes. I was only a kid then and now I’ve matured.
“I’m 21 now and still one of the youngest in the team, but I don’t feel like I am
“I have my say and the girls treat me like one of them. I’m not the kid anymore.”