Key events
Kick-off: Chelsea 0-0 Man City (0-2 on agg)
Here we go. Can Chelsea overturn this result? Or will City sail through? All to come.
A key story to have a read of here:
Redmond Grimes has emailed and says on tipple chat:
As it is only 12.40pm here, it’s a water made from some glacier in Northern BC.
That sounds like quite the thirst-quencher, I’m quite jealous.
Whoever comes out the winner after this match will be playing defending champions Barcelona. The Spanish giants have beaten Wolfsburg 6-1 in their second leg which means they defeated them 10-2 over the tie. Dominant. It is going to take a perfect performance from Chelsea or City across both legs to stop them.
Please do get in touch via email too, what tipple are you having this evening while watching the game or catching up on updates? I have gone for an orange juice but let me know your drink of choice.
A great interview with Manchester City’s Kerolin to have a read of before kick-off:
Chelsea fans may think a 2-0 deficit is too much to get over but Arsenal proved it is possible last night when they beat Real Madrid 3-0 in their second leg to win the tie 3-2. Catch up on all the action here:
Bunny Shaw and Aoba Fujino are both injured but they were also both unavailable for City’s first leg against Chelsea so the team can get a result without them.
The team news is here! Chelsea have made five changes from the Blues team who beat City last Sunday. Sandy Baltimore, Keira Walsh, Erin Cuthbert, Mayra Ramirez, Nathalie Bjorn come in for Ashley Lawrence, Niamh Charles, Aggie Beever-Jones, Oriane Jean-Francois and Maika Hamano.
Chelsea: Hampton; Bronze, Björn, Bright, Baltimore; Walsh, Cuthbert, Kaptein; Rytting Kaneryd, Ramirez, James.
Subs: Spencer, Cox, Lawrence, Charles, Hamano, Macario, Nusken, Brown, Beever-Jones, Jean-Francois
Man City, meanwhile, have made three changes from last time out. Lily Murphy, Leila Ouhabi and Mary Fowler are in for Naomi Layzell, Jess Park and Laura Coombs.
Man City: Keating; Casparij, Prior, Aleixandri, Ouahabi; Hasegawa, Roord, Miedema; Kerolin, Fowler, Murphy.
Subs: Startup, Layzell, Coombs, Wienroither, Park
Preamble
Hello and welcome to the second leg of the Women’s Champions League quarter-final between Chelsea and Manchester City.
It is the Blues, hosting tonight at Stamford Bridge, who have all the work to do with City winning the first leg 2-0. If City score first this tie could be over and so Chelsea will want to get a fast start.
Tonight’s match marks the end of a four-game run these two have played against one another in the space of 12 days. Chelsea won the first game, the League Cup final, 2-1. City hit back with the 2-0 first leg win but the Blues won their WSL match last Sunday 2-1.
We will have a look at what both clubs have been saying in the build-up shortly with team news dropping soon. Stay tuned before kick-off at 8pm GMT.