Aston Villa manager Carla Ward has back-tracked on her comments that Hannah Hampton was left out of the squad to face Chelsea in the ‘best interests’ of the team.
Ward had said that Hampton was fit to play in last Friday’s press conference ahead of the game at Kingsmeadow. The goalkeeper was left out of the squad but turned up unannounced to watch from the stands.
After the game, Ward said that Hampton had been available but that something had happened a day earlier which led her to decide it was in the best interests of the team to leave her at home.