Barcelona vs Chelsea LIVE: Women’s Champions League result and reaction after the Blues’ historic win
Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea: Erin Cuthbert’s goal secured a famous win as the Champions League holders lost at home for the first time in five years
Chelsea stunned Women’s Champions League holders Barcelona by becoming the first team to beat them away from home in more than five years as Emma Hayes’s side claimed a 1-0 win to take back to Stamford Bridge for next week’s semi-final second leg.
Erin Cuthbert scored the only goal of the game as an immense defensive performance ensured Barcelona failed to score in a game for the first time in two years. Alexia Putellas missed a golden chance in the final seconds as Chelsea held on, but Chelsea goalkeeper Hannah Hampton did not have a shot to save.
Chelsea’s first ever win over Barcelona, who have won the Champions League in two out of the last three seasons, means the English champions will go through to the Bilbao final if they avoid defeat at Stamford Bridge next Saturday.
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Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
99 mins: CLOSE! That was the chance!
The free-kick is swung in and Bronze heads it across goal. Putellas meets it in the six-yard box and it looks like a certain goal, but she fires it wide!
That’s full-time, and Chelsea will head back to London with a one-goal lead in the tie!
Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
98 mins: Almost the chance for Barcelona as Paralluelo breaks free and beats Hampton to it, but she can’t connect with the attempted lob.
Bronze then delivers a cross but Carter clears! Barcelona will have a dangerous free-kick after Leupolz concedes a foul.
Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
96 mins: Lucy Bronze loses it in the Chelsea half and Reiten intercepts and carries the ball all the way into the Barcelona box under pressure from Broiinze. She finally gets free of the challenge and puts in a cross, but it’s just behind Macario.
Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
95 mins: Time for one more chance?
Rolfo wins a throw after Cuthbert does well to block the cross, but the Sweden international then plays a pass out for a goal kick. Chelsea are close!
Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
93 mins: Macario swings in the corner but it’s headed wide. Barcelona have around five minutes to salvage a result, but Hansen’s cross is collected by Hampton.
Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
92 mins: Chelsea are closing the game out well at the moment, winning a throw deep into the Barcelona half, and then winning a corner. There’s still a few minutes left though.
Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
91 mins: A Chelsea change as Mayra Ramirez comes off for Guro Reiten.
Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
89 mins: Barcelona’s players are annoyed as Frappart gives a free-kick for Putellas’ challenge, but it was an obvious foul.
The home side win it back quickly though, but can’t find a way through with Putellas and Paralluelo.
There’ll be nine minutes of added time.
Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
87 mins: It’s all happening now. The ball breaks for Paralluelo in the box, but Jess Carter is there with an excellent last-ditch challenge.
Right after, Rolfo rifles a cross in between Hampton and her defence, but there’s no Barcelona player there to meet it!
Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
86 mins: Ramirez does well to drive into the box and beat three players on her own, but there’s nobody running in to meet her cross.
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