Just as in her old vintage Cup outings at Chelsea, Sam Kerr has delivered of her best to ignite their extraordinary 9-1 mauling of Liverpool in the Women's League Cup quarter-final.
The holders never looked back on Sunday after Kerr, enjoying consecutive starts for the Blues for the first time since returning from her ACL injury, set the visitors on their way to the crushing win in St Helens with two first-half goals in the space of four minutes.
Kerr was later robbed of completing her first hat-trick since returning in September after her headed goal from a corner early in the second half was ruled out by the referee, who felt the goalkeeper had been fouled. It looked a poor decision.
