In-form forward on scoring with cramp, beating the doubts and the secrets behind her flourishing partnership with Kerr and Harder
In the 90th minute, with Chelsea cruising to victory against Arsenal last Wednesday, Fran Kirby latched on to an inviting pass from Beth England and felt her right calf cramp. Slow the replays and there is not even the hint of a flinch. Instead, as the forward takes her first touch she moves up a gear and accelerates, a heavier touch takes her past Lia Walti on to her left foot and she clips the ball past Manuela Zinsberger into the far corner for Chelsea’s third.
“I was running and I was like: ‘Just don’t fall down, just don’t collapse,’” Kirby says. “That moment, when it comes, it’s impossible to keep going, but I could see I was one v one with the goalkeeper.
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