Liverpool had been continuously sub-par in the ultimate third all through the sport and failed to search out the tip product as soon as they acquired the ball in the direction of good areas.
To their credit score, Charlton managed the sport nicely and pressed to maintain Liverpool out, however the guests, who created 2.34 anticipated targets in regular time, ought to actually have scored.
Mia Enderby got here near breaking the impasse early on however her close-range effort was palmed over by Whitehouse.
That was one in all simply two pictures heading in the right direction for Liverpool in regular time, the second being a tame late Martha Thomas effort.
Gareth Taylor’s aspect additionally had one disallowed when the offside flag was raised after Beata Olsson despatched a backheeled effort previous Whitehouse following a Martha Thomas flick.
While Charlton began nicely as former Liverpool ahead Amalie Thestrup induced just a few points, they quickly unsurprisingly retreated to a defensive sport and managed only one contact in the guests’ field in the second half.
Thomas despatched a strong strike previous Whitehouse from a nook in the primary half of additional time, however it was dominated out as she dealt with the ball when she initially managed it.
This was a largely drab affair as neither aspect produced wherever close to the degrees of high quality required in the ultimate third, however it proved that Charlton – who’re preventing for promotion to the highest flight – can positively compete with Women’s Super League opposition.
Shaw’s late winner means Liverpool have reached the semi-finals for the second season in a row. They misplaced 2-1 to Chelsea final 12 months.
