Sam Kerr

2022 - 5 - 9

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Watch Sam Kerr Win WSL Title For Chelsea With Two Amazing ... (Sports Illustrated)

Chelsea survived a final-day wobble to win their third consecutive FA Women's Super League title thanks to two moments of Sam Kerr magic.

City finished the season with a win at Reading. Arsenal's game at West Ham was still goalless at the interval, meaning they led the live table with 45 minutes of the season remaining. Chelsea went into Sunday's fixtures one point above Arsenal at the top of the table.

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Emma Hayes lauds 'outrageous' Sam Kerr volley after Chelsea win ... (The Guardian)

Kerr scored twice against Manchester United in a decisive 4-2 win, with her manager calling her second goal 'world class' amid Chelsea's title celebrations.

“I said: ‘We’re not winning yet, it’s 2-2 not 3-2.’ But that’s confidence then, and I think once that set in, these guys know better, it was a good response from the dressing room.” “I wanted to give the team the opportunity to try and see if we could dig something out. I said: ‘Come to Chelsea and you’ll win trophies,’ and I can sit here confidently and say we both made the right decision. “I really nearly did make subs [on] 30 minutes,” she said. Her second was even more special, controlled with her chest before she turned and looped a volley over the United goalkeeper Mary Earps. “The second one was world-class, it was outrageous, audacious,” the manager, Emma Hayes, said.

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'One of the best goals I've seen': Kerr's 'outrageous' double fires ... (Fox Sports)

'One of the best goals I've seen': Kerr's 'outrageous' double fires Chelsea to title win.

That’s one of my strengths as a player, I try things that maybe others wouldn’t and it catches people out.” “She’s the best for a reason and she stepped up once again for this football club. Kerr led the fightback by scoring within 60 seconds of the restart.

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Sam Kerr scores twice as Chelsea beat Manchester United to win ... (ABC News)

The Australia captain puts the seal on a landmark week with two dazzling goals to power Chelsea to a third consecutive Women's Super League title after a ...

I didn't even know the keeper was out, I thought I'd just try it." - It caps off a remarkable week for Kerr who was named the English football writers' women's player of the year - The goals saw her named player of the match and ensured she won the Golden Boot for a second successive season

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All-conquering Sam Kerr is simply 'the best' (NEWS.com.au)

Chelsea manager Emma Hayes has lavished praise on Sam Kerr after the Matildas captain scored a stunning brace to help secure the Blues a third successive ...

“We told her if she came to play for Chelsea she would win trophies and I can sit here confident that we both made the right decision and we’re both made for Chelsea. We both love days like today.” “She’s the best for a reason and she stepped up once again for this football club,” Hayes said of Kerr. Chelsea manager Emma Hayes has lavished praise on Sam Kerr after the Matildas captain scored a stunning brace to help secure the Blues a third successive English Women’s Super League title.

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Sam Kerr wins title after 'outrageous' two goals (Wide World of Sports)

Matildas superstar Sam Kerr scored twice as Chelsea clinched the league title on the final day, coming from...

For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here! Kerr said afterwards that the nerves of the occasion had got to the players in the first half, before they snapped out of it after the break. Trailing 2-1 at the break, Kerr lashed a vicious left-footed volley from the edge of the area within a minute of the restart to get a packed Kingsmeadow on their feet.

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Sam Kerr scores 'outrageous' double as Chelsea secure record ... (Sporting News AU)

Australian striker Sam Kerr once again delivered when Chelsea needed her most as the Blues wrapped up the 2021-22 Women's Super League title in dramatic ...

We need her energy - light, bubbly but a real winner." "Listen, I don't have long enough to sum up who she is. I try things people don't normally try and this time it came off.

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Sam Kerr Scores Incredible Double Leading Chelsea To A Third ... (10 News First)

Aussie superstar, Sam Kerr, has shown again why she was crowned the Football Writers' player of the year, as she scored two stunning goals bringing Chelsea ...

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Sam Kerr's latest exploits mark her out as one of Australia's greatest ... (The Guardian)

The Matildas captain's profile has transcended football in the eyes of a public increasingly apathetic towards the game. Sam Kerr scored two stunning goals ...

In a vacuum, Kerr is just one of 11 players on the park at any one time, but from a wider perspective, her profile has transcended football in the eyes of an Australian public increasingly apathetic towards the world game. So-called “code wars” are one of the most tiresome aspects of Australian sport, but observing that Kerr is the type of athlete other sports could only dream of having isn’t so much a salvo in this ideological conflict so much as an observation of objective fact. Given the context of her achievements, arguments can be made that she may in fact be the biggest and, even if not, an even stronger one can be made that in the wake of Ash Barty’s surprise retirement she is her homeland’s most notable active female athlete. In January, Fifa recognised her as the second-best women’s player in the world behind only Spain’s Alexia Putellas. At just 28 years old, she has won domestic titles or golden boots – or both – in England, the United States and Australia. By all rights, the combination of the occasion, the high stakes and the degree of difficulty should have consigned it to the realm of fiction. With every goal scored, trophy lifted and piece of history recorded, Sam Kerr continues to raise herself into a pantheon reserved for a select few in Australian sport.

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'Outrageous': Kerr eyes double after freakish strikes secure league title (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Matildas superstar Sam Kerr clinched the golden boot and helped Chelsea to a third straight English title with a pair of stunning volleys against Manchester ...

The Gunners, who boast Matildas pair Caitlin Foord and Steph Catley, beat West Ham 2-0 on the final day and would have leapfrogged Chelsea into top spot if the Blues had not overcome United. As it was, the Blues finished just one point ahead of the Gunners. Her double against United brought her tally to 20 goals in just 22 league games this season. “The second one was world-class, it was outrageous, audacious,” Hayes said.

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