Sam Kerr’s latest exploits mark her out as one of Australia’s greatest athletes

With every goal scored, trophy lifted and piece of history recorded, Sam Kerr continues to raise herself into a pantheon reserved for a select few in Australian sport. After the Matildas captain helped lift Chelsea to a third consecutive Women’s Super League title on Sunday with a stunning brace, her status as one her country’s most celebrated athletes has been rubber-stamped.

Kerr dragged her side back onto level terms against Manchester United with a fiercely-struck volley moments into the second half, before she repeated the feat 20 minutes later with a floated effort, having controlled the ball on her chest and swivelled to face goal in one effortless movement.

Effectively killing the game off at 4-2, the second was a miraculous goal. By all rights, the combination of the occasion, the high stakes and the degree of difficulty should have consigned it to the realm of fiction. Yet for Kerr, who spoke afterwards about how she visualises moments such as these, this is her reality.

Sam Kerr and two of the best goals you will see ANYWHERE