Chelsea advance to the semi-finals

Jubilant scenes at Stamford Bridge as the Blues dance to, what else, Freed from Desire.

A first-half masterclass with goals from Sandy Baltimore, Nathalie Bjorn and Mayra Ramirez made the difference.

Flo Clifford27 March 2025 21:58

FULL-TIME: Chelsea 3-0 Man City (agg 3-2)

Bronze takes her time with a throw-in, and that’s it! All over at Stamford Bridge!

Chelsea are into the semi-finals, where they’ll meet Barcelona for the third time in a row. What a comeback from 2-0 down at the start of this leg – it had been 21 years since a team had come back from that scoreline in the Women’s Champions League, and now we’ve had it happen twice in two days.

Flo Clifford27 March 2025 21:54

Chelsea 3-0 Man City (agg 3-2)

90+3 mins: Late challenge by Bronze on Fowler. Thirty seconds remaining, Keating takes a free kick and City’s entire squad head up the pitch…

Flo Clifford27 March 2025 21:52

Chelsea 3-0 Man City (agg 3-2)

90+1 mins: FOUR minutes added on. Park is looking lively for City.

Coombs slides in on Bronze and concedes a free-kick.

A change for Chelsea as they look to see this one out: Walsh comes off for Jean-Francois. Nice bit of time wasted there as Kaptein heads off first, thinking it’s her being replaced.

Flo Clifford27 March 2025 21:51

Chelsea 3-0 Man City (agg 3-2)

90 mins: Coombs makes a brilliant run down the pitch after intercepting a sloppy pass by Bright, but Chelsea manage to deal with it before Fowler can get there. A nervy moment there for the hosts.

Park gets away from Baltimore but Bjorn and Bright combine to clear – but City are still coming! Is there a final twist here?

Kerolin tries to thread the ball through Bronze’s legs but Hampton comes out to quash it.

Flo Clifford27 March 2025 21:49

Chance! Chelsea 3-0 Man City (agg 3-2)

87 mins: A tireless Rytting Kaneryd sprints through again, gets the better of Ouahabi to cut back inside – but her attempt curls over the bar.

Chelsea are still pushing and Ouahabi concedes a free-kick with a pull on Kaptein. The Spaniard is not happy about that.

Flo Clifford27 March 2025 21:46

Chelsea 3-0 Man City (agg 3-2)

85 mins: Less than ten minutes left at Stamford Bridge. As it stands Chelsea are on course for another semi-final meeting with Barcelona – they lost the previous two.

A frustrated-looking Miedema is shouting and gesticulating to her team-mates. Time is running out for City to find an equaliser.

Layzell comes on for Hasegawa, who has done impressively well to play nearly a full 90 considering she was on crutches only a few days ago.

Flo Clifford27 March 2025 21:43

CHANCE! Chelsea 3-0 Man City (agg 3-2)

80 mins: Baltimore plays it through to Kaptein but there’s too much on it and it rolls behind.

Fowler and Miedema are lively down the other end for City but there’s not much end product for the visitors.

Cuthbert hits the woodwork! She drives forward and plays a left-footed shot but it bounces off the bar.

Flo Clifford27 March 2025 21:39

Chelsea 3-0 Man City (agg 3-2)

76 mins: Rytting Kaneryd has really been putting in the miles tonight and she sprints down the right again – but Beever-Jones can’t get on it before Keating and City clear the danger.

Hasegawa does well to nick possession but Chelsea come again! Rytting Kaneryd has a go but it bounces off Prior’s feet on its way to Keating, and the 20-year-old keeper saves with her feet too. Dicey moments for City.

Flo Clifford27 March 2025 21:34

CHANCE! Chelsea 3-0 Man City (agg 3-2)

72 mins: Goalscorer Ramirez comes off – to huge applause – for Aggie Beever-Jones. Her strike completed the comeback and we may not be done yet.

Miedema goes for goal on the edge of the box and it inches just a fraction wide! What a chance.

Flo Clifford27 March 2025 21:31