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Reading Women 1-1 Everton Women: Everton's Champions League hopes fade further despite substitute Nicoline Sorensen's equaliser

Everton’s hopes of Champions League football are all but over after they were held at Reading on Sunday.

In truth, it could have been worse for Willie Kirk’s side who, for 45 minutes, looked a shadow of the team who started the season so strongly.

The Toffees took 13 points out of 15 and scored 16 goals in their first five fixtures before narrowly losing out in the FA Cup final to Manchester City.

Nicoline Sorensen celebrates after equalising for Everton Women against Reading Women
Sorensen scored with a header but Everton's hopes of Champions League football are fading

But that defeat and a number of injuries to key players has taken its toll in the last few months, with just one win in nine League games, which is not the form of European contenders.