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Kerolin lit up her name in headlights on matchday fourteen of the Barclays Women’s Super League by slotting not one but three goals past reigning champions Chelsea.
However, it wasn’t just this game week that has shown just how good she can be; going quietly under the radar this season, she’s been one of the Citizens’ most influential players.
Her first appearance this season came as a substitute against Brighton and Hove Albion in a 2-0 win, playing twenty-seven minutes. Her next appearance would again come off the bench, this time against Tottenham Hotspur. Replacing an injured Lauren Hemp, she came on with a point to prove; playing just sixty-eight minutes, she managed to register an assist, and in an impressive performance, she collected her first of many player of the match awards.
Unfortunately, after the Spurs game, she suffered an injury that would keep her out until early December. Her long-awaited return was made in the game against Leicester City and she made an instant impact, first assisting Bunny Shaw for the opening goal before getting herself on the scoresheet, grabbing the third goal; this was arguably the turning point in her season.
She has kicked on massively since then, grabbing an assist against West Ham United in the Subway Women’s League Cup quarter-finals before then going on to score against Everton in a two-nil win at the Joie Stadium before picking up her second player of the match award of the season.
Against London City, Kerolin slotted the ball home to give City the lead in a tense affair in Bromley, and her impressive performance she earned her a second consecutive player of the match award.
Ultimately it was the top-of-the-table clash that really showed the best side of her, as she became the first ever player to score a hat-trick past the reigning league champions. The first goal came after Hannah Hampton parried a shot right into the path of Nicoli, who struck home into the bottom left corner.
The second goal was even more impressive; latching onto a long ball and beating Keira Walsh to it, she chipped Hannah Hampton expertly to get her second of the game. Finally, the perfect day and hattrick was rounded off with her third goal, getting onto the end of a cross from Lauren Hemp and slotting it into the back of the net, making history in a perfect individual performance. This incredible individual performance earned her a third consecutive player of the match award, a credit to all the hard work she’s put in over the past season so far.
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