Soccer-Chelsea manager Bompastor calls for WSL goal-line tech after Kerr denied hat-trick


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - UEFA Women's Champions League - Quarter Finals - First Leg - Arsenal v Chelsea - Emirates Stadium, London, Britain - March 24, 2026 Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor before the match Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs/ File Photo

April 27 (Reuters) - Chelsea ⁠manager Sonia Bompastor renewed calls for goal-line ⁠technology to be introduced in the Women’s Super ‌League after replays showed striker Sam Kerr should have been awarded a third goal in Sunday’s 4-1 win over Everton.

Australian ​Kerr was on a hat-trick ⁠when her header bounced ⁠onto the post and rolled over the line before ⁠being ‌cleared by Everton goalkeeper Courtney Brosnan.

"I think it just shows again, we need ⁠to have the technology next season in ​this league,” ‌Bompastor told reporters.

"We won the game by a ⁠three-goal difference ​so it didn’t create a lot of conversations, but if we had been in a situation where ⁠the goal-difference at the end of ​the season would have been important, then this goal is something I would have been really upset ⁠about."

The Women's Super League did not immediately respond to a request for comment made outside normal UK business hours.

Kerr remains tied with Fran Kirby as ​Chelsea’s leading scorer in the ⁠WSL with 63 goals.

Chelsea, who are six points behind ​Manchester City with two games ‌to play, travel to Leicester ​City next on Sunday.

(Reporting by Karan Prashant Saxena in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)

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