Chelsea vs Man City LIVE: Hosts full comeback in Women’s Champions League quarter-final in gorgeous first half

Chelsea host Manchester City for the second leg of their Women’s Champions League clash knowing that anything but a strong victory could send them out of the competition.
The two sides have played one another in each of their last three fixtures with Chelsea winning 2-1 twice, in the League Cup final and the Women’s Super League, while City took a 2-0 victory from the first leg of this tie at Joie Stadium in Manchester.
Vivianne Miedema scored both goals in last week’s encounter to give her team a significant advantage. Chelsea will need to score at least three goals to progress as well as keep a clean sheet against a City team with a potent forward line.
Erin Cuthbert’s 91st minute strike was needed to defeat City in the WSL but despite the narrow margin of the results so far Bompastor is confident her team can make it through. She said: “Anything is possible and we have the quality in the squad to turn it around.”
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HALF-TIME: Chelsea 3-0 Man City (agg 3-2)
45+2 mins: City are put out of their misery as the whistle goes. From 2-0 up, Chelsea are 3-2 up on aggregate, and look likely to make that an even bigger margin after the break.
Chelsea 3-0 Man City (agg 3-2)
45 mins: Now City have a chance! Roord cuts in for Fowler, who spins around but ignores Miedema in space and shoots to a diving Hampton.
Two minutes added on for City to either find something, or get even further behind.
Ramirez is one-on-one with Keating but the keeper denies her!
GOAL! Chelsea 3-0 Man City (agg 3-2)
42 mins: Too, too easy for Chelsea, and from 2-0 down they’re now 3-2 up and with one foot on the plane to Barcelona.
James gets onto a sloppy square pass, cuts it back for Ramirez, and she bundles it past the defence into the back of the net.
Chelsea 2-0 Man City (agg 2-2)
42 mins: Rytting Kaneryd has been lively so far and it’s her again driving down the right, trying to find Cuthbert in the box, but it’s cleared.
How do City respond? They’re looking a bit frazzled at the moment.
Bright attempts to slot through to Ramirez, Hasegawa clears it to Keating, but the City keeper makes a mess of a clearance and nearly gets caught out.
Lovely floated ball in by James but it’s over the bar!
GOAL! Chelsea 2-0 Man City (agg 2-2)
37 mins: All square at Stamford Bridge!
It’s Bjorn who gets there from another Baltimore set-piece and her header loops over a leaping Miedema. Keating’s nowhere near it.
Chelsea 1-0 Man City (agg 1-2)
37 mins: City have a chance to breathe as Keating receives a time-out after going down. The stands, predictably, are not very happy about it.
11 shots at goal by Chelsea so far, three on target. Just relentless. Five and three respectively for City.
Now Ramirez sprints through by Prior launches herself at it to clear!
Chance after chance! Chelsea 1-0 Man City (agg 1-2)
33 mins: Huge wasted opportunity for City as Baltimore plays an incredibly loose back-pass, intercepted by Fowler. Kerolin’s there in acres of space on the right but Fowler opts to go it alone – and it’s booted way into the stands. Really poor.
She wins a corner and Kerolin gets a foot to it, but Chelsea nick it, Rytting Kaneryd makes a fabulous run in no time at all – but Hasegawa finally gets in the way at the goal-line and knocks it out.
All in City’s box at the moment as Keating does well to palm away a looping long ball, then City takes an absolute age to clear a James corner as it pinballs around the box – Miedema hoofs it away from the line and it eventually makes its way out.
CHANCE! Chelsea 1-0 Man City (agg 1-2)
30 mins: City play a corner but there’s too much heft on it and Ouahabi at the far post can’t get there. Aleixandri wins a goal-kick down the other end and Stamford Bridge unites in a chorus of boos for Keating as she takes it.
James and Baltimore link up beautifully down the left, Aleixandri heads it away but not good enough by City and it’s a free header for Ramirez – but she skies it over the bar.
Shouts for a penalty by Chelsea as Cuthbert comes down in the box under pressure by Aleixandri, but no dice – so far, at least.
Chelsea 1-0 Man City (agg 1-2)
25 mins: Immediately back down the other end and James thumps it straight to Keating. Ouahabi dispossesses Chelsea and sets off a counter-attack, with Kerolin taking her time before curling towards goal – but Hampton saves.
A good spell by City, Casparaij makes a great overlapping run but Bright is there to clear a sharp cross. Solid defending by Chelsea.
CHANCE! Chelsea 1-0 Man City (agg 1-2)
21 mins: Chelsea are relentless, pushing City back up the pitch every time they try to string an attack together.
Casparij gets in a lovely curling cross but Fowler can’t get a header to it in time and Hampton collects, with the England keeper called in to make another great save from Fowler after Miedema flicks it on for her.