Chelsea supervisor Emma Hayes stated that Sam Kerr ‘means every little thing’ to the Blues after the striker scored her fiftieth WSL objective for the membership throughout Sunday’s win over Aston Villa.
Kerr has spent simply over three years at Chelsea and has racked up the half century of targets in solely 62 league appearances. She can also be the primary non-European to hit the spectacular milestone.
However whereas the landmark strike itself wasn’t notably vital within the context of the Villa sport provided that Chelsea already had a 2-0 lead on the time, Hayes selected to concentrate on what Kerr offers by her reliability and close to fixed availability.
For the reason that Australian worldwide joined Chelsea in January 2020, the membership has performed 66 occasions within the WSL and Kerr has missed solely 4 of these video games. It turns into much more spectacular when contemplating that worldwide breaks will normally see her on lengthy haul flights residence.
“Sam means every little thing to this staff as a result of we are able to rely on her. She’s been match and accessible. She’s been the one out-and-out striker we have had on this half of the season,” Hayes advised Sky Sports activities.
“Ever since she’s been right here she’s on the grass on a regular basis. With somebody like Sam she not solely makes the distinction on the pitch, however she does it off the pitch too.”
Gunning for a fourth consecutive WSL title, the 2022/23 version as soon as once more seems to be Chelsea’s to lose so long as they win an excellent sport in hand towards Liverpool.
The Blues path Manchester United by one level however have performed a sport lower than the present leaders because of the abandonment of the aforementioned Liverpool sport in January. That fixture will now be performed on Wednesday 3 Might as an alternative.
Dropping to Manchester Metropolis in March was a bump within the street for Chelsea with out being disastrous. Additionally they now solely have one remaining sport towards one other of the 4 title contenders once they face Arsenal on the penultimate weekend of the season.
However there might be checks forward. Hayes’ staff are nonetheless combating on three fronts, with FA Cup and Champions League semi-finals, and doubtlessly finals, to return as effectively. The slight drawback there may be that none of their rivals are competing in any greater than two competitions, which is certain to stretch a squad that has had accidents to cope with as skinny as it can go.
