Matildas skipper Sam Kerr has vowed to come back stronger after her penalty shocker in Australia’s World Cup loss to Norway. With the scores level at 1-1 after extra time, Kerr stepped up for Australia’s first penalty of the shootout against the Scandinavians only to send it high and wide.

“What can you do?” she said. “I’ve been trusted to take it and I was confident in taking it and I just skewed it. The girls have already gotten around me. I feel like I let the team down but they’ve been quick to cut that out. I’ll grow from this and become a stronger person mentally.”

The penalty shootout exit comes after a similar loss to Brazil in Australia’s previous major tournament; the 2016 Olympics. Success in France never looked likely for Australia after they lost key players both before and during the tournament and suffered a first-up loss to Italy.

“I think that’s the Aussie way, we always do it that way,” Kerr said, with gallows humour. “We felt really confident in our team ... always stuck together and it sucks to go out on a penalty shootout.”