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
86 mins: CLOSE! Lopez wins the ball in the Chelsea half and passes to Bonmati. The Spain international spreads it to Graham Hansen, who swings in a lovely cross to the back post. Paralluelo meets it and tries to volley, but it goes wide! She had more time than she thought.
Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
83 mins: Nusken has been down for a little while, and the crowd is whistling as you’d expect. Hampton hits it long for the re-start.
Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
82 mins: Bronze does well to cut back the ball from the byline, but Paralluelo can’t make anything of it. Chelsea counter and Paredes is booked for cutting down Nusken.
Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
81 mins: Patri Guijarro was the first to go into the book after dragging back Ramirez for that free-kick.
Down the other end, Chelsea win a free-kick for hand ball just as it looked like they might be in a spot of bother in defence.
Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
80 mins: Macario swings in a free-kick but it’s cleared, and Rolfo regains possession.
Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
77 mins: Barcelona can’t seem to get a string of meaningful passes together at the moment. This will give Chelsea plenty of hope for the return leg at Stamford Bridge.
The away side are looking comfortable at the moment, but wary of the Barca threat.
Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
74 mins: CLOSE! That was the chance!
Chelsea thread a ball through and Ramirez latches onto the end of it. She shrugs off the challenge, cuts in and hits the shot, but it goes wide! Had to do better really.
Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
72 mins: Right after, Lauren James comes off for Chelsea and Catarina Macario comes on.
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