Sam Kerr’s Chelsea have returned to the highest of of their Girls’s Champions League group due to a 3-1 away win in opposition to Swedish aspect Häcken.
After enjoying out a scoreless draw at Stamford Bridge in London final week, the Blues have been extra scientific in Gothenburg on Wednesday evening (Thursday AEDT).
The Matildas’ skipper poked residence on the close to put up with 14 minutes gone to complete off neat work on the appropriate by Rytting Kaneryd.
Kerr’s fifth of the marketing campaign extends her personal general file of targets throughout this part of the competitors to 14.
However the Blues have been pegged again simply 12 minutes later due to a Clarissa Larisey header, earlier than Kerr missed the goal with half-time approaching.
The Australian’s worldwide teammate Aivi Luik was within the centre of defence for the Swedes and watched ahead Anna Anvegård hit the woodwork for the second time on the evening early within the second half.
Erin Cuthbert made the house aspect pay by scoring within the 52nd and sixty fifth minutes to place the sport out of attain.
Kerr was changed within the 73rd as Chelsea made it ten wins from their final 16 group-stage matches.
The Londoners sit high of Group B on eight factors with Häcken one behind, Paris FC on six and Actual Madrid one after Hayley Raso’s Spanish aspect have been crushed 1-0 at residence by Sarah Hunter’s French membership.
Earlier in Group C motion, one other Aussie defender in Clare Hunt performed a full sport in Paris Saint-Germain’s 3-1 win over Roma within the French capital.
The second win over the Italian membership in as many weeks takes PSG (six) as much as second, one level behind Ajax after their 1-0 success over Bayern Munich in Amsterdam.
Two extra Matildas are in motion on Friday (AEDT) with Larissa Crummer’s Brann internet hosting Ellie Carpenter’s Lyon in Norway.
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