Matildas star Kerr nets on dream Chelsea return

And the 32-year-old Australian, who hasn't played for the Blues since January 2024 because of a chronic ACL injury, immediately made her presence felt at Villa Park by netting the third goal in the Londoners' second-straight league win.

Chelsea coach Sonia Bompastor had hinted the Matildas captain would be in action with a "hopefully we'll see" at her press conference on Friday.

And Kerr's appearance off the bench in the 75th minute was a huge boost to the visitors, who were leading 2-1 at that stage thanks to Aggie Beever-Jones's second strike of the season, which was cancelled out by Ebony Salmon, before a Missy Bo Kearns own-goal. 

Kerr then made an immediate impact, racking up a century of goals for her side by ramming home a loose ball in the Villa box from close range, three minutes into injury time.