Chelsea's FA Cup title defence is alive and well thanks to Sam Kerr's trio of goals in a 3-2 win over Liverpool. Meanwhile, fellow Aussie Caitlin Foord also scored in a 9-0 win for Arsenal.
abc.net.au/news/sam-kerr-chelsea-fa-cup-hat-trick-liverpool-caitlin-foord/101905414Sam Kerr's love affair with the FA Cup has blossomed again, with the Matildas' superstar firing another consummate hat-trick to blast Chelsea into the fifth round.
On a day when fellow Matildas' player, Caitlin Foord, also got on the Cup scoreboard for goal-happy Arsenal, Kerr's treble on her favourite home patch at Kingsmeadow sank fellow Women's Super League side Liverpool 3-2 andThe 29-year-old maestro appears to be rediscovering some of her sharpest form in the new year, having scored all three matches since the start of 2023, including her double that helped knock Spurs out of the League Cup in midweek.
However, ominously for Chelsea's opponents, Kerr said she still had much to improve upon in her game after her strikes in the 32nd, 52nd and 79th minute on Monday morning AEDT maintained her remarkable record in the English women's game's major Cup competition.Do you have a story idea about women in sport?"There's plenty that needs improvement," the Golden Boot-winning perfectionist said.
"I wish I could do this every week, but that's a striker's life, right — sometimes they go in, sometimes they don't.
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