SEDARA OLUWADARA
Sam Kerr scored four goals as Chelsea recorded an emphatic victory over Albanian visitors Vllaznia to extend their lead at the top of their Women’s Champions League group.
Kerr opened the scoring after just 10 minutes and was later set up three times by midfielder Guro Reiten, while team-mate Pernille Harder grabbed a hat-trick.
They backed up their impressive victory over Paris St-Germain last week with a comfortable win at Kingsmeadow, against opponents cheered on by 420 fans travelling as part of Vllaznia’s official supporters’ allocation.
There’s still a lot of work to be done to ensure we go through to the latter stages.”We have made a great start though.
“The Albanian fans – despite being outnumbered in the overall crowd of 3,022 – were in terrific voice as they supported their side, competing in the group stages of the Women’s Champions League for the first time
They chanted throughout, cheering Chelsea’s missed chances and waving flags before throwing a flare on to the field and causing a brief stop in play late on.”I loved it.
I thought it was awesome. I thought about stirring them up but didn’t want them to take it the wrong way,” Kerr joked.
