A hat-trick from Sam Kerr guided Chelsea to a 4-1 victory over a stubborn Paris FC at Stamford Bridge. The striker opened the scoring in the first half before the visitors levelled through Théa Gréboval. Two second-half goals in seven minutes from the Australian, however, ensured Chelsea earned a crucial three points.
It was a display of clinical finishing from Kerr on an evening when she took the armband for her club. She has been struggling with a recurring calf injury since the World Cup in the summer but found her form under the lights. “I fancied her to score a hat-trick tonight,” her manager, Emma Hayes, said. “I felt like she doesn’t get credit for all the other bits she does. While she’s not, by her standards, at top level yet, I don’t know anyone who puts the ball away like she does. She’s so alert and decisive with her movement.”
