Wsl Roundup: Sonia Bompastor Calls For Technology After Sam Kerr’s Hat-trick Denied

Sonia Bompastor, nan Chelsea caput coach, called for goalline exertion to beryllium brought into nan Women’s Super League adjacent play aft Sam Kerr was controversially denied a hat-trick successful a 4-1 triumph astatine Everton.

The Chelsea and Australia striker scored pinch 2 objective debased finishes – either broadside of a long-range thrust from Everton’s Yuka Momiki – to put Chelsea 2-1 up, and replays showed that Kerr should person been awarded a 3rd goal, erstwhile her header bounced connected to nan station and rolled complete nan statement earlier being flicked distant by nan Everton goalkeeper Courtney Brosnan.

Chelsea scored doubly much to make their triumph safe regardless, arsenic Ellie Carpenter poked successful for 3-1 earlier Erin Cuthbert drove successful a debased decorativeness precocious on, greatly strengthening Chelsea’s hopes of Champions League qualification connected a time erstwhile their rivals Manchester United dropped points successful a 0-0 tie astatine Tottenham .

Had nan extremity been given, Kerr would person go Chelsea’s starring WSL goalscorer. Instead, her strikes saw her move level connected 63 WSL goals for nan nine alongside her erstwhile teammate Fran Kirby.

“She levelled nan astir convention goals pinch Fran Kirby but successful reality she went apical because that extremity was a clear goal. I deliberation it conscionable shows again, we request to person nan exertion adjacent play successful this league,” said Bompastor during her post-match property conference.

“The convention is nan astir competitory convention successful nan world and we request to beryllium astatine a really bully level successful position of these decisions. We won nan crippled by a three-goal quality truthful it didn’t create a batch of conversations, but if we had been successful a business wherever nan goal-difference astatine nan extremity of nan play would person been important, past this extremity is thing I would person been really upset about. So that’s chiefly nan reason, we request nan exertion for things to beryllium adjacent for everyone.”

Manchester United’s tie near their European hopes retired of their hands, 4 points down pinch 2 rounds of convention games left, and Chelsea would now beryllium assured of a Champions League spot if they hit struggling Leicester City adjacent Sunday.

The Tottenham goalkeeper, Lize Kop, deals pinch a area during nan tie against Manchester United. Photograph: Alexander Canillas/SPP/Shutterstock

Leicester, meanwhile, look progressively destined to look a playoff to debar relegation, aft they mislaid 5-1 distant astatine London City Lionesses while second-from-bottom West Ham won 1-0 astatine Liverpool to move 7 points supra Leicester, who person 3 games to go.

Elsewhere, Portsmouth were relegated from WSL2 to nan 3rd tier pursuing their 1-0 nonaccomplishment astatine location to Nottingham Forest, coupled pinch Ipswich’s daze 3-0 triumph against nan convention leaders Birmingham City.

Birmingham had known a triumph would all-but mathematically guarantee promotion to nan apical formation but they now look a nail-biting final-day gathering pinch their promotion rivals Charlton, pinch Crystal Palace besides moving level connected points pinch Birmingham pinch their triumph astatine Sunderland.