The goal came after 87 minutes when, after Hannah Keryakoplis had scored for Birmingham, Liverpool's Fara Williams produced a spectacular lob from the halfway line.
The Birmingham players said they were not ready and did not hear the referee's whistle, manager David Parker told reporters.
"It was a moment of brilliance from Fara, fair play to her," Parker was quoted saying by the league's website.
"She spotted Becky (Spencer) off her line and did it just as we were trying to get our shape back.
"But I can’t fault the girls. We changed it in the second half and we dominated in terms of creating the better chances."
The Blues seemed to have rescued a point when Keryakoplis struck to equalise after Amanda Da Costa’s first-half opener.
Liverpool manager Matt Beard was understandably delighted.
"Fara does things like that in training. She's one of the best footballers I've ever worked with in the women’s game. Sometimes you need that kind of brilliance."
(Reporting By Tim Collings, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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