Lyon vs Chelsea LIVE: Women’s Champions League result and final score after Guro Reiten goal

Lyon 0-1 Chelsea: Reiten’s wonderful finish means it’s advantage Chelsea ahead of next week’s second leg at Stamford Bridge

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Chelsea will take a one-goal lead back to Stamford Bridge after Guro Reiten’s sublime finish secured an impressive win over holders Lyon in the Women’s Champions League quarter-finals.

The eight-time winners Lyon had the better of the early chances but Reiten curled a wonderful shot past Christiane Endler after an excellent pass from Erin Cuthbert. Lauren James came close to doubling Chelsea’s lead with a shot that hit the inside of the post, while Sam Kerr also had an opportunity late on.

Chelsea lost defender Millie Bright to injury near the end of the first half and Lyon came close to equalising after the break when Magdalena Eriksson lost possession inside her own box, but Ann-Katrin Berger was able to tip Delphine Cascarino’s shot onto the post.

Chelsea will host Lyon at Stamford Bridge next Thursday, where Emma Hayes’ side will look to advance to the semi-finals. Follow all the updates from Lyon vs Chelsea in the Women’s Champions League, which can be watched for free on YouTube:

Lyon vs Chelsea

• Chelsea defeat Lyon in the Women’s Champions League quarter-final first leg
• How Chelsea produced statement Champions League display to take charge against Lyon
• 60’ POST! - Cascarino strikes the upright after mistake from Eriksson (LYO 0-1 CHE)
• 56’ SHOT! - Cuthbert wins the ball high up the pitch and forces Endler into a low save (LYO 0-1 CHE)
• 33’ POST! - A snapshot from James sees her strike the post (LYO 0-1 CHE)
• 28’ GOAL! - Reiten curls a first-time finish into the net after fine build-up from Cuthbert (LYO 0-1 CHE)
• 16’ CHANCE - Le Sommer draws a low stop out of Berger (LYO 0-0 CHE)

[22 March 2023 18:00 · Michael Jones]

Lyon 0-0 Chelsea

14 mins: Carpenter and Cascarino are linking beautifully on the right side of the pitch. The defender slips a pass into the box for Cascarino who lines up a shot at goal only for Millie Bright to get across and recover the ball.

[22 March 2023 17:59 · Michael Jones]

Lyon 0-0 Chelsea

12 mins: Cascarino weaves her way down the right wing and wins a throw after Jess Carter blocks her cross into the box.

Chelsea break on the counter and get the ball up to Lauren James who drives through the middle of the pitch. She offloads the ball to Sam Kerr who takes it into the box and looks to return the ball.

Her pass is slightly behind James and she’s knocked to the ground as Lyon hook the ball away. Kerr wants a penalty but nothing comes from the referee.

[22 March 2023 17:56 · Michael Jones]

Lyon 0-0 Chelsea

9 mins: Lyon are having the better of these opening stages. Dzsenifer Marozan, with six goals in her past five appearances for Lyon, is played through and tries to keep the ball in play.

There’s too much roll on the through ball though and it bobbles out of play.

[22 March 2023 17:53 · Michael Jones]

Lyon 0-0 Chelsea

6 mins: Lyon win the first corner of the game and swing a lovely ball into the middle of the box.

Kadesisha Buchanan wins the initial ball but her attempted headed clearance comes over to Eugenie Le Sommer who stretches into a first time shot and has her effort blocked.

Decent pressure from the home side.

[22 March 2023 17:51 · Michael Jones]

Lyon 0-0 Chelsea

3 mins: Chelsea almost get in behind when Erin Cuthbert floats a pass over to Guro Reiten who turns it up to Sam Kerr. She spins towards goal but misplaces a through ball back to Cuthbert and Lyon take over possession.

[22 March 2023 17:48 · Michael Jones]

Kick off: Lyon 0-0 Chelsea

Lyon get the match underway. They work the ball over to the right wing before cutting back inside.

Ellie Carpenter makes a run down the line and receives the ball but her threaded pass into the penalty area doesn’t find a teammate and gets scopped up by Ann-Katrin Berger.

[22 March 2023 17:43 · Michael Jones]

Lyon vs Chelsea

Here come the teams.

The players head out onto the pitch ahead of this Champions League quarter-final first leg. Which way will it go?

[22 March 2023 17:41 · Jamie Braidwood]

How to watch the Women’s Champions League

Every game in this season’s Women’s Champions League knockout stages is being broadcast live on streaming platform DAZN, and also on DAZN’s YouTube channel. You can set reminders to receive a notification of when the stream goes live, which is 15 minutes before the start of each match

You can sign up to DAZN where the matches will also be streamed for free across their digital platforms. The YouTube stream will also be embedded in the Uefa.com and on Uefa.tv for all Women’s Champions League games.

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[22 March 2023 17:38 · Michael Jones]

Lyon vs Chelsea

Lyon have been in formidable form in 2023: 11 competitive games unbeaten, three goals conceded. If they maintain that momentum they’re going to be very difficult to beat.

Can Chelsea cause an upset?

[22 March 2023 17:33 · Michael Jones]

Lyon vs Chelsea

The warm-ups are underway at the Groupama Stadium. This is going to be a brilliant encounter and with Arsenal losing to Bayern Munich last night this may be the best tie to get an English team into the semi-finals.