Sam Kerr has failed to mark her eagerly awaited return to Chelsea's Kingsmeadow Stadium home with her customary goal - but she got the next best thing with an ecstatic welcome back from her adoring army of Blues' fans.
A roar resounded around the ground in the 69th minute of Chelsea's Women's Super League clash against Leicester as the home crowd offered substitute Kerr a standing ovation and a hero's welcome for her first match there in more than 21 months.
After all her injury woes, what they then got was a fairly subdued return from the rusty 32-year-old striker as she couldn't really get into the game while the champions held on to their 1-0 lead and moved clear at the top of the WSL table with three wins out of three.