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Chelsea Women edged closer to a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a 1-0 victory over Servette.
Sam Kerr's goal in the 67th minute was enough to secure a vital win which leaves them top of Group A, with just a point required from their final two fixtures against Juventus and Wolfsburg to secure their place in the quarter-finals.
This was not the vintage, ruthless and clinical Chelsea we saw in Geneva last week. The Blues thrashed their opponents 7-0 in the reverse fixture and were 6-0 up at half-time.
But Emma Hayes had said before kick-off she was expecting a different game at Kingsmeadow and their opponents were much improved.
Natalia Padilla-Bidas gave Chelsea an early scare when she got in behind Millie Bright but her shot across goal flew wide of the left post.
Fran Kirby went close at the other end in the ninth minute when she was played in by Ji So-Yun, but her close-range effort was saved by the legs of Servette goalkeeper Ines Pereira.
For all their possession, that was the closest the Blues came to opening the scoring in the first half. Kirby was the brightest player in the opening 45 minutes and she looked the most likely to
