We reached the UEFA Women’s Champions League semi-finals for the second season in a row, and the ninth time in our history, with a 3-2 win on aggregate over Chelsea on Wednesday in the quarter-final second leg.

FIRST HALF

Chelsea looked dangerous early on, knowing that they had a two-goal deficit to reduce, as a Lauren James cross was headed behind for a corner and an Ellie Carpenter delivery came in from the right for Sjoeke Nusken, but she curled just wide of the bottom right with her first-time effort.

We had our first chance at the other end as Olivia Smith flicked it through to Alessia Russo, and she went for goal low and with power, but it was too central to trouble Hannah Hampton.

Katie McCabe was then afforded time and space to carry the ball forward and she lined one up from distance, firing just over the bar.

Caitlin Foord was next to have a go, going past Carpenter and getting a shot away, but again it was straight at Hampton.

The home side came close to making a breakthrough in the 17th minute, Lucy Bronze managing to thread a pass through to Alyssa Thompson in a...