Chelsea v Celtic: Women’s Champions League – live | Women’s Champions League


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16 min: A peach of a ball sets Kaneryd off, she crosses in but Celtic manage to get their first to clear it. The Sweden international is a threat every time she is on the ball.

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14 min: Celtic are building here but they just need to stop rushing their attack play when they do have some frontfoot ball. That is partly down to Chelsea’s high press but they also seem slightly panicked after conceding early. Some patience and more time on the ball and they could get themselves back into it.

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12 min: Celtic with their first bit of sustained possession and Cavanagh crosses in after a strong challenge but Bronze it there to clear.

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10 min: Reiten sends a great ball into the area but Kaneryd can’t get their, it is deflected out for another corner though. Celtic will need to be much tighter to their opposition this time and it is well defended. The earlier corner Bronze was able to run riot but it seems Celtic have put that right now.

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8 min: This could turn into a blood bath if Celtic do not stem Chelsea’s momentum soon. The Blues are in the area again thanks to a great run from Macario, the US international takes a punt but it’s just over the bar.

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6 min: Celtic have not had a whiff of the ball so far, it’s been completely dominant from Chelsea. A stark change from their game against Celtic last week where the Scottish side scored first. Kaneryd takes a long range shot but Daugherty saves.

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4 min: Well this match started with a bang. An uphill battle for Celtic now who need to win at Stamford Bridge if they are to progress.

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What a goal from Bronze. Reiten took the corner short but it got popped in and Bronze belted it in on her right foot. Huge.

Celtic keeper Kelsey Daugherty reacts as she’s beaten by Lucy Bronze’s piledriver. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA
Bronze (second right) is congratulated by her Chelsea teammates. Photograph: John Walton/PA
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GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Celtic (Bronze, 2)

From an early corner.

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Kick-off! Chelsea 0-0 Celtic

Here we go. I believe Celtic need a win tonight or their hopes of progressing will be over.

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The players are out at Stamford Bridge shortly. Can Chelsea keep their winning run going? Or can Celtic record their first Women’s Champions League win? A reminder if Chelsea pick up a point or more they will secure their knockout stage place.

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Have a read of our weekly women’s football newsletter, it’s focused on Marta this week:

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An lovely bit of news has dropped in the last hour too, 80,000 tickets have been sold for England v USA on 30 November. A huge crowd for a great encounter.

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I saw people making winter puns with player names and I’d love for you to share yours with me. The best I have come up with is Sam Brrrr, so as you can see I need some help. Send me yours via email.

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Here’s what happened last week between the two clubs:

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Celtic manager Elena Sadiku said: “I think also we’ve been growing into the competition, so how we played against Chelsea last time obviously encourages us to grow even more. I think we’ve been defending really well in all of the games. What the players have learned the most is about being more brave and confident, especially in possession.”

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Here’s what Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor said pre-game: “We work really hard as a team and a club to succeed. Maybe people think that’s easy but it’s not – it’s a lot of hard work. I’m lucky because I have a good squad with a lot of talent. I have depth in my squad. We have had good results but we need to keep our heads on our shoulders.”

Photograph: Adam Davy/PA
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If any Chelsea fans are wondering where Aggie Beever-Jones is, she is suspended after receiving a red card last week.

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The team news is in! Sonia Bompastor has Zecira Musovic in goal with Hannah Hampton on the bench.

Chelsea: Musovic, Bright, Nusken, Macario, Reiten, Lawrence, Kaptein, Rytting Kaneryd, Bronze, Mpome, Jean-Francois

Subs: Hampton, Cox, Ramirez, Cuthbert, Bjorn, Perisset, Bartel, Baltimore, Hamano, Brown

Celtic, meanwhile, start bright stars Lucy Ashworth-Clifford and Murphy Agnew.

Celtic: Daugherty, Barclais, Gallacher, Smith, Cavanagh, Agnew, McGregor, Clark, Hayes, Ashworth-Clifford, Lawton

Subs: Logan, Rodgers, S Carstens, M Carstens, Kerner, Cross, Noonan, Bruna Costa, Munoz, McAney

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Preamble

Hello and welcome to our Women’s Champions League coverage where tonight we will be focusing on Chelsea v Celtic.

The two clubs played one another last week where the Blues came out 2-1 winners but Celtic challenged Chelsea well and they could come out on top this evening. They especially exploited Chelsea on the counter and I expect them to use the same tactic this evening.

The Blues have continued their winning streak with an impressive win over Manchester City last weekend, while Celtic narrowly lost 3-2 to rivals Rangers.

We will see what the managers have said in the build up to this one shortly but first let’s take a look at the team news.

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