Sam Kerr's latest Women's Super League goal was the same as many others she has scored for Chelsea: rising high to meet the ball with perfect timing and heading home. Yet it carried great significance for the Australian.

The goal came in Sunday's 3-1 win against Leicester City at the King Power Stadium, and saw the 32-year-old overtake Fran Kirby to claim the record as Chelsea's highest scorer in the WSL (64 goals and counting).

After our victory, the striker reflected on her accomplishment and, in typical style, showed her regret for missing a similar chance the week before against Everton.

'It's a big achievement for me, something I'm very proud of,' she said. 'I think it will probably sink in in ten years when I'm retired, but maybe someone will have broken it by then! But every goal for me is really important, and to do it for a big club like Chelsea feels really special.

'The first few are probably the most special, I think, coming to the league from America. There's been some pretty special goals in my career. I don't know if it gets more special; I think they're all the same.

'I missed a sitter from last week, and Niamh (Charles) hasn’t let me live it down! I know the type of balls Niamh puts in, so as I saw her get past her defender, I knew I just had to come back around, and I do love a headed goal.

'So once I was up, I just knew to head it down, and that's probably what I should've done last week, but I'm happy it went in.'

Kerr now has 15 goals in 11 starts and 16 substitute appearances after making her long-awaited comeback from an ACL injury away at Aston Villa in September.

It was during her 20-month absence that Emma Hayes departed and Sonia Bompastor arrived as head coach, which naturally saw the team evolve as they adapted to new tactical principles and instructions. For Kerr, it meant there was a learning curve to undertake on her return.

'I think you've seen that at the end of this season, now I've got a bit of rhythm and a few games under my belt, I started scoring. It's a bit of a difficult one. I haven't scored as many goals in the league as I would've liked to, or maybe as I thought I should've.

'But to come back from an ACL and still be the top goalscorer for a club like Chelsea, it's something to be proud of. I know I can give more.

'I think the biggest challenge has been that when I got injured, there was a lot of change at Chelsea. I wasn't coming back into the same team. It was almost completely different, and I think that was probably the biggest challenge in terms of creating those new connections.

'Time has obviously helped with that. I think the first few months, you're still kind of nervous. You're making your way back. But I think as I've got more minutes under my belt, I've just felt more and more comfortable.'

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