{"id":235917,"date":"2026-04-26T13:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T17:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/wsl-roundup-sonia-bompastor-calls-for-technology-after-sam-kerrs-hat-trick-denied-womens-super-league\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T13:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T17:30:15","slug":"wsl-roundup-sonia-bompastor-calls-for-technology-after-sam-kerrs-hat-trick-denied-womens-super-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/wsl-roundup-sonia-bompastor-calls-for-technology-after-sam-kerrs-hat-trick-denied-womens-super-league\/","title":{"rendered":"WSL roundup: Sonia Bompastor calls for technology after Sam Kerr\u2019s hat-trick denied | Women’s Super League"},"content":{"rendered":"

WSL roundup: Sonia Bompastor calls for technology after Sam Kerr\u2019s hat-trick denied | Women’s Super League<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/apr\/26\/wsl-roundup-sonia-bompastor-technology-sam-kerr<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-04-26 13:14:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Sonia Bompastor, the Chelsea<\/strong> head coach, called for goalline technology to be brought into the Women\u2019s Super League next season after Sam Kerr was controversially denied a hat-trick in a 4-1 victory at Everton<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Chelsea and Australia striker scored with two clinical low finishes \u2013 either side of a long-range drive from Everton\u2019s Yuka Momiki \u2013 to put Chelsea 2-1 up, and replays showed that Kerr should have been awarded a third goal, when her header bounced on to the post and rolled over the line before being flicked away by the Everton goalkeeper Courtney Brosnan.<\/p>\n

Chelsea scored twice more to make their win safe regardless, as Ellie Carpenter poked in for 3-1 before Erin Cuthbert drove in a low finish late on, greatly strengthening Chelsea\u2019s hopes of Champions League qualification on a day when their rivals Manchester United<\/strong> dropped points in a 0-0 draw at Tottenham<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Had the goal been given, Kerr would have become Chelsea\u2019s leading WSL goalscorer. Instead, her strikes saw her move level on 63 WSL goals for the club alongside her former teammate Fran Kirby.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe levelled the most league goals with Fran Kirby but in reality she went top because that goal was a clear goal. I think it just shows again, we need to have the technology next season in this league,\u201d said Bompastor during her post-match press conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe league is the most competitive league in the world and we need to be at a really good level in terms of these decisions. We won the game by a three-goal difference so it didn\u2019t 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. So that\u2019s mainly the reason, we need the technology for things to be fair for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

United\u2019s draw left their European hopes out of their hands, four points behind with two rounds of league games left, and Chelsea would now be assured of a…<\/p>\n

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