Sam Kerr did not mark her eagerly awaited return to Chelsea's Kingsmeadow Stadium home with her customary goal — but she got the next best thing with an ecstatic welcome back from her adoring army of Blues' fans.

A roar resounded around the ground in the 69th minute of Chelsea's Women's Super League clash against Leicester as the home crowd offered substitute Kerr a standing ovation and a hero's welcome for her first match there in more than 21 months.

After all her injury woes, what they then got was a fairly subdued return from the 32-year-old striker, as she could not really get into the game while the champions held on to their 1-0 lead and moved clear at the top of the WSL table with three wins out of three. Loading Twitter content

Such is her record at Kingsmeadow that Kerr, w

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