Chelsea edge past Manchester City in extra time to win Women’s FA Cup final

Chelsea have gained the Ladies’s FA Cup for the second season working (Getty)

Chelsea have gained the league and cup double for the second successive season as Sam Kerr’s extra-time aim sealed a 3-2 victory over Manchester Metropolis within the Ladies’s FA Cup ultimate on Sunday.

Kerr gave the newly topped Ladies’s Tremendous League champions the lead at Wembley by getting on the top of Millie Vibrant’s cross within the thirty third minute.

However Metropolis, who completed third within the WSL this season, have been stage by half time via Lauren Hemp’s sensible solo effort.

Cuthbert, who was named Participant of the Match at Wembley, topped a formidable particular person marketing campaign with a shocking aim from the sting of Metropolis’s space to place Chelsea again in entrance within the 63rd minute.

Emma Hayes’ aspect survived a couple of scares after Cuthbert’s marvel strike however Hayley Raso pressured further time within the 89th minute as she brilliantly managed Alex Greenwood’s raking go together with her chest earlier than firing previous Ann-Katrin Berger.

Nonetheless, Kerr sealed Chelsea’s winner in further time as she capitalised on Alanna Kennedy’s mistake to race via in the direction of Metropolis’s aim. Greenwood tried to dam Kerr’s effort however the ball was diverted previous Metropolis goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck.

Erin Cuthbert’s elegant strike gave Chelsea the lead within the second half (Getty)

Hayley Raso’s late aim pressured further time at Wembley (Getty)

The win at Wembley means Chelsea have now gained 11 main trophies throughout Hayes’ reign.

‘I wrestle to seek out phrases to sum that up, what a efficiency, 120 minutes and we knew it will be a tricky slog for us,’ Cuthbert instructed BBC Sport after Chelsea’s win.

‘Particularly whenever you lose a aim 5 minutes from time it does take the wind out of you, it's a must to regroup and we needed to dig deep and discover a stage that we’ve not present in ourselves earlier than.

Sam Kerr’s extra-time aim sealed Chelsea’s win (Getty)

‘I don’t rating objectives like that but it surely’s an incredible honour. I assumed it was going to be a successful aim and it wasn’t, Sam’s [Kerr] was simply as vital, it took a deflection and it doesn’t matter what the aim appears to be like like so long as it goes in. In the event that they go in like that Wembley I’m joyful.

‘So many instances this 12 months we've got been confronted with adversity, covid, accidents, we’ve had to make use of the squad, we used the squad right this moment and I’m proud to finish it on such a excessive.’

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