Matildas captain Sam Kerr has been recognised for her brilliant season at Chelsea with a nomination for the Professional Footballers Association's 2020-21 women's players' player of the year award.
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Hayes has the energy, drive and intellect to ensure that this experience will be a defining one for her team. Sir Alex Ferguson, who beat Real Madrid to win the Cup Winners Cup with Aberdeen here, 38 years, always considered setbacks the most significant occasions.
Hayes could also not have legislated for the kind of night her forward Pernille Harder experienced, spurning four opportunities, including a shot levered over the bar at 1-0 which could have changed everything. The course of the night could also have been different without the knee injury which deprived Hayes of right back Maren Mjelde.