Sam Kerr’s Chelsea progress to Champions League final with win over Bayern Munich

Pernille Harder’s brilliant glancing header and a late Fran Kirby goal gave Chelsea a 4-1 win and a 5-3 aggregate victory over Bayern Munich in their Women’s Champions League semi-final on Sunday.

Coming into the game 2-1 down from the first leg, Kirby put Chelsea in front early, breaking from midfield and laying the ball off to Sam Kerr before clipping the return pass into the net in the 11th minute.

Sarah Zadrazil put Bayern back in the driving seat in the 29th minute with a world-class strike, picking up a clearance in a central position well outside the box and then smashing the ball in off the underside of the crossbar.

Ji So-Yun wrestled back control for the Londoners two minutes before the break, thumping home the rebound off the…