Sam Kerr admits she has not been at her sharpest after latest battles with injur, however her heading prowess has remained fairly undimmed, as she confirmed as soon as once more by swooping to place Chelsea again in management within the Girls’s Tremendous League race.
The Matildas captain, additionally carrying the skipper’s armband for her membership on Sunday (Monday AEDT), hung within the air and nodded residence an beautiful downward header simply earlier than the hour to seal the champions’ 3-0 win at Bristol Metropolis.
Captain Sam Kerr scores with a header in Chelsea’s 3-0 WSL win over Bristol Metropolis on Sunday.Credit score: X
After spurning a few first-half probabilities, Kerr, expertly transformed Guro Reiten’s cross from the left flank when criminally unmarked, by no means seemed like lacking out on her fourth WSL purpose of the season as she demonstrated why there’s no higher aerial predator within the ladies’s recreation.
Having ensured Chelsea would head three factors clear on the high of the desk, forward of Manchester Metropolis and Arsenal, as they search a fifth straight title, Kerr was given a relaxation 5 minutes later, introduced off by coach Emma Hayes to avoid wasting her for the Blues’ midweek Champions League fixture at Hacken in Sweden.
Star of the Chelsea present, although, was England worldwide Lauren James, who fired residence a stunning first-half purpose with a thunderbolt left-foot shot after which hit the bar with one other effort after the break.
It was an ideal riposte to the haters from England’s greatest lady participant after Hayes had revealed within the week how social media racial abuse had left James “not in an excellent place”.
After being suspended for 2 matches on the Girls’s World Cup for stamping on Nigeria’s Michelle Alozie, James was focused once more on-line after an identical incident throughout Chelsea’s 4-1 defeat at Arsenal final week, however she was again to her greatest on Sunday.
Erin Cuthbert additionally scored a effective first-half purpose as Chelsea took benefit of Arsenal’s loss at Spurs on Saturday to make sure they’ll go into the New Yr on high once more.