Chelsea have surprisingly left the resurgent Sam Kerr out of their side five days after Australia's captain demonstrated her fitness to play a 90-minute role for them with a two-goal display in her first full match for nearly two years.
The English champions' boss Sonia Bompastor said the Matildas captain had been omitted from Sunday's Women's Super League game at Liverpool because they were still managing her comeback to the sport after her long absence with an anterior cruciate ligament injury sustained in January 2024.
