PENALTY hero Chloe Kelly was the heart and soul of England’s celebrations following the Lionesses dramatic Euro 2025 final victory over Spain.
Kelly, 27, kept her cool to slot home the decisive penalty as England retained their title as European champions via a shootout on a historic night in Basel.
The Arsenal winger had cropped up off the bench when needed throughout the tournament, making her influence known and adding yet another decisive Euros goal to her growing list of career highlights.
Kelly understandably had plenty to celebrate as she sang, danced and skipped her way across the pitch in the aftermath to the full-time whistle.
However some England fans joked that she was getting a little carried away when a hilarious team photo surfaced seemingly showing her taking a nibble at a teammate’s arm.
A celebratory selfie snapped by veteran star Lucy Bronze, and uploaded to the Lionesses X account, looked to show Kelly munching on the elbow of substitute goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse.
Noticing that the Orlando Pride stopper appeared to have Kelly biting down on her arm, one England fan online joked: “Whose arm is Chloe Kelly munching on?”
While another added: “Chloe Kelly looks like she’s trying to eat someone’s elbow”.
A third asked: “Is Chloe trying to eat Anna’s arm?”
And a fourth teased: “Chloe Kelly is getting hungry”.
In reality it seemed to just be an unfortunate angle, with Kelly actually celebrating with another teammate behind Moorhouse.
The former Man City forward was the definition of a supersub, coming on for an injured Lauren James at the end of the first half and going on to set up Alessia Russo’s equalising goal and netting the deciding spot kick.
Kelly had similar influences from the bench in the Lionesses’ dramatic semi-final and quarter-final victories over Italy and Sweden.
Speaking after her confidently dispatched penalty, Kelly had no doubt she was going to score having had to rely on a rebounded miss for her winner against Italy earlier in the week.
She told the BBC: “I was cool. I was composed.
“And I knew I was going to hit the back of the net. I don’t miss penalties twice”.
She added: “The celebrations are going to be crazy. I hope the whole of England comes out to support us and shows the love to all these girls, because they deserve it.”
The Lionesses made history by becoming the first England side across both the men’s and women’s game to win a major tournament on foreign soil.
While boss Sarina Wiegman added a third consecutive Euros title to her trophy cabinet, her second with the Lionesses after initially tasting success as Holland boss in 2017.
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