Perfect 10 for West Brom, Aston Villa off the mark and penalty win for Wolves

West Brom secured their 10th win in a row in all competitions as they triumphed 2-0 at Norwich City in the Women’s National Northern Premier on Sunday.

Monique Robinson’s first-half penalty was followed by Riya Mannu’s stunning long-range strike to claim a victory that leaves the Baggies three points behind leaders Rugby Borough.

And goalscorer Mannu believes ‘togetherness’ has been key to their recent run - which they will hope to carry into the FA Women’s Cup first-round stage at home to Notts County on Sunday (2pm).

She said: “It was all about getting three points today. It’s a very tough place to come; a lot of teams struggle here, so the togetherness was really good from the group today.

“We went toe to toe with them in terms of physicality. We won all our duels and individual battles, we pressed really well in the second half.

“I didn’t think they could really handle how we were causing them problems, so we handled the situation really well.”

In the Women’s Super League, Villa stunned faltering Liverpool in front of the Sky Sports cameras at Keys Park in Hednesford, coming from behind to secure a 2-1 win for their first league success of the season.

Natalia Ramos scored a spectacular early opener, but Villa improved after half-time, with Chasity Grant firing in an equaliser before a Grace Fisk own goal.

Elsewhere in the WSL, winless Birmingham City drew 1-1 at Arsenal on Saturday - Oceane Hurtre with the opener before Olivia Smith’s equaliser.

Wolves beat Ipswich Town 7-6 on penalties in Women’s League Cup Group B to pick up two points in their bid to qualify for the next stage.

The match at the Seah Stadium in Telford did include a stunning strike by Abbi Jenner as Wolves fought back from 2-0 behind.

In National One Midlands, Lye Town beat Northampton Town 2-0 thanks to goals from Britanee Lote and Annie Highway, but Kidderminster Harriers suffered a 4-0 defeat at Leafield Athletic and Sporting Khalsa went down 5-2 at Barnsley.

Hednesford Town lead the way in the West Midlands League Premier Division after thrashing Shifnal Town 7-0 on the road, with Janelle Straker scoring four of the goals.

Elsewhere, Stourbridge lost 4-0 at Port Vale and Lichfield City went down 5-2 at home to Redditch Borough.

Chasetown lost 4-0 at AFC Telford United in West Midlands One North, while Walsall knocked Long Itchington out of the Birmingham FA Challenge Vase - with Phoebe Smith striking in the 90th minute.