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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53 mins: There’s a lengthy wait before the penalty due to a long VAR check. It looked pretty clear but Frappart is going to the screen to have a look!
PENALTY! Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
50 mins: PENALTY! Oh no.
Chelsea give PatriGuijarro far too much time on the edge of the box, and she gets a shot away that Buchanan can only block with her arm! Clear penalty.
Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
48 mins: Kaneryd almost skips through the Barcelona defence but is tackled right before she could get the shot away, just before Lawrence curls a shot right at Cata Coll.
Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
46 mins: Barcelona’s first chance of the half already as Paralluelo swings in a cross and Caldentey heads it back to Bonmati, but the ballon d’Or winner’s shot is blocked.
Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
KICK-OFF! The teams are out and Chelsea get us re-started!
HALF-TIME! Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
So, how will the home side respond? They certainly have another gear or two that they can get into.
They’ve not lost a competitive game at home since 2019, and this season have only drawn one game in the league, winning all of the rest of their 22 games.
They’ve scored 102 goals and conceded just six in the process!
HALF-TIME! Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
HALF-TIME! And the visitors go into the break with a slender lead!
For all their dominance in possession, Barcelona didn’t really force Hampton into any saves, while the home side’s attacking has just lacked that final bit of quality in front of goal.
Chelsea had done well to stifle the home side before applying pressure at the right time and grabbing a superb goal.
Barcelona 0-1 Chelsea
45 mins: There’ll be just one minute of added time.
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