Australia’s Sam Kerr fired Chelsea to a gathering with Manchester United within the Girls’s FA Cup closing following a hard-fought 1-Zero victory over Aston Villa.
Kerr scored the one objective of the semi-final conflict simply earlier than the hour mark because the Blues remained on the right track to win the competitors for a 3rd straight season.
Emma Hayes’ aspect had been the pre-match favorites to e-book their spot within the showpiece in opposition to United at Wembley on Might 14.
However Villa, within the final 4 of the FA Cup for the primary time, didn’t make it simple for Chelsea at Walsall’s Bescot Stadium, they usually may need taken an early lead just for Rachel Daly’s shot to be thwarted by Magdalena Eriksson.
Regardless of stamping their authority on the match, Villa didn’t create sufficient clear-cut probabilities, and the holders made their opponents pay with 59 minutes gone.
Kerr headed residence Guro Reiten’s cross to assert her 24th objective of the season and hand Chelsea the benefit.
Alisha Lehmann missed two alternatives to tug Villa stage earlier than Sarah Mayling struck a put up within the closing moments.
However Chelsea, who face Barcelona within the semi-finals of the Champions League and are firmly within the hunt for the Girls’s Tremendous League title, held on in entrance of a crowd of greater than 5,000 to succeed in the ultimate and maintain their treble aspirations alive.
