Barking Women 2 Brentford Women 2: Late Kiszkis strike rescues point in LSE Premier Division clash | OneFootball

Brentford Women were held to a 2-2 draw by Barking Women in the London and South East Premier Division at Mayesbrook Park on Sunday afternoon, to remain unbeaten after their opening five league games.

Maddie Phillips opened the scoring from the penalty spot before an unfortunate own goal from Lucy Potter brought Barking level. The hosts then turned the game around through a stunning strike, but Brentford showed their resilience late on as Wiktoria Kiszkis struck to rescue a point for Carly Williams’ side.

Brentford took a deserved lead after a well-worked move. Phillips started the passage of play with a sensational pass before Kiszkis' cross was handled inside the box and the referee pointed to the spot. Phillips stepped up from 12 yards and confidently converted to put the west Londoners ahead.

The away side could have had a second very quickly after the first goal as Ashley Cheatley cut inside from the wing and unleashed a sharp shot from the edge of the box, but it hit the top of the crossbar.

Despite the Bees' dominance, Barking grabbed an equaliser on 26 minutes as a lofted cross into the box caused confusion in the backline and deflected off Potter into the net.

The Blues were proving to be a tough test for the Bees as they sat deep in a low block. Just before the half-time whistle, Cheatley was played through on goal; however, her left-footed shot flew wide of the goal.

The second period began in similar fashion to the first, with the visitors continuing to press for a go-ahead goal.

Cheatley came close to finding that when she swivelled away from her defender on the edge of the box and fired at goal, but the goalkeeper reacted well to push the effort away.

Phillips was next to try her luck, skipping past multiple challenges before driving into the box and striking from inside the area, but again the Barking goalkeeper was positioned well to claim the ball.

The home side took the lead against the run of play as Amelia Parsons struck a sensational shot which flew past second-half substitute Saskia Reeves-Priestly.

It did look like Barking would hold on but Cheatley and Kiszkis combined as the latter steered her shot inside the box past the goalkeeper into the net to salvage a point.

The next test for the Bees comes at Gtech Community Stadium on Sunday 27 September as the team take on Newhaven (3pm kick-off BST).

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Barking: Hand, N. Pridie, Clifford, Saylor, Ray, Wills, Malcolm, F. Pridie, Parsons, O'Brien, Harvey

Subs: Callaghan, Salmons, Smith

Brentford: Francis-Pownall (Reeves-Priestley 46), Phillips, Potter, Cleverly, Giddings, Kiszkis, Smith, Cheatley, Gilligan (Harris-Walters 46), Black, Constantine (McCrea 61)

Subs: Louvrier, Worsley

Booked: Phillips 69

Williams: We showed good character to fight back

Brentford Women head coach Carly Williams reflected on her side's 2-2 draw against Barking Women in the London and South East Premier Division.

"All credit to Barking, they were a good test for us," said Williams.

"We didn't put the game to bed when we should have done, and sometimes that happens. We've got to come away from it, reflect and look at the things we can tweak and change.

"I don't think we need to change too much. We need to focus on ourselves, go into the next game with positivity and prepare in the same way.

"We showed good character to fight back from 2-1 down and get a point, so we'll take that and now look forward to the next challenge."