Chelsea vs Man City LIVE: Hosts rating early objective and chase comeback in Women’s Champions League quarter-final
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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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.
Chelsea 1-0 Man City (agg 1-2)
17 mins: Only a little over 15 minutes gone and it’s been action-packed so far. Chelsea had five shots in the opening ten – this could be a long night for the visitors.
City are looking a bit panicked, playing some slopping passes and repeatedly conceding possession. Miedema gets the clearance to deny Rytting Kaneryd another cross into the box.
Baltimore plays a corner which City fail to properly clear. Walsh shoots but straight into Keating’s gloves.
GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Man City (agg 1-2)
13 mins: Breakthrough for Chelsea! First Bronze plays a lovely one-two and hits the post, then Baltimore slots in the rebound, knocking it in off the far post. Keating had no chance. Bompastor applauds calmly from the sidelines.
CHANCE! Chelsea 0-0 Man City (agg 0-2)
10 mins: Cuthbert now nicks it and plays a long pass forward and Ramirez, up front, tries to curl it towards goal but it bends wide. City were a bit lazy there in giving away possession.
End-to-end stuff as first Miedema darts through the box but has nowhere to go, and then Chelsea push forward themselves but can’t get the breakthrough.
Rytting Kaneryd finds James in space but Casparaij clears for a Chelsea corner – Baltimore delivers to Bjorn but she knocks it against the near post! Huge, huge chance.
Chelsea 0-0 Man City (agg 0-2)
6 mins: Chelsea win an early corner but Miedema – last week’s double goalscorer from the bench, in the starting line-up tonight – is there to clear, looking calm despite the early pressure.
Bronze plays a sloppy pass forward and Casparij nearly capitalises, running into space to collect, but plays a tame attempt straight to Hampton.
CHANCE! Chelsea 0-0 Man City (agg 0-2)
3 mins: City are pressing early. Kerolin tries to cross into the box but can only thump it against Baltimore.
Now Lauren James robs Prior, darts forward but slants her attempt just wide of the goal! Warning signs for City.
Chelsea 0-0 Man City (agg 0-2)
1 mins: After taking the knee against discrimination in the game, the visitors get us underway in this fourth meeting in 13 days between these two sides.
Chelsea 0-0 Man City (agg 0-2)
Whoever wins this tie will face reigning champions Barcelona in the semis after they thrashed Wolfsburg 6-1 earlier tonight (10-2 on aggregate). Ouch.
Here we go
The teams are out on the pitch and we’re nearly ready to go at Stamford Bridge.
Team news and how to watch
Chelsea XI: Hampton; Bronze, Bjorn, Bright, Baltimore; Cuthbert, Walsh; Rytting-Kaneryd, Kaptein, James; Ramirez
Man City XI: Keating, Casparij, Prior, Aleixandri, Ouahabi, Hasegawa, Roord, Miedema, Kerolin, Murphy, Fowler.
Viewers in the United Kingdom can watch the match live on TNT Sports 1. A live stream will be available to subscribers via discovery+, or for free via Dazn’s YouTube channel.
