Author: Paul Lagan

Fran Kirby struck twice as Chelsea overcame a  2-1 first leg deficit to beat Bayern Munich 4-1 at Kingsmeadow to create history by putting the west Londoners into the Champions League final beating Bayern Munich 4-1 to make it 5-3 on aggregate.

Chelsea men’s and women’s side have a great chance to reach their respective Champions League finals and create club history.

Christian Pulisic rammed home a vital away goal for Chelsea in a tense 1-1 draw against Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final tonight.

Timo Werner scored. Yep, he did. It was his first goal since February 15,  and it was the winner against West Ham at the London Stadium that put the west Londoners three points ahead of the east Londoners and into fourth place of the Premier League as both sides battled it out for a Champions League place next season.

There is only one Super League that Chelsea are going to be involved in, and that’s the Women’s Super League – those players did not let the fans down with a pulsating 2-2 draw against Manchester City on Wednesday night, that leaves the west Londoners with one hand on retaining the WSL trophy.

Chelsea have one hand on retaining their WSL title with a nerve-wracking 2-2 draw at the Academy Stadium against second-placed Manchester City. Just two points behind, the home side needed to beat the Londoners to overtake them with two games remaining. But in a pulsating encounter in which the Blues have never won a League match at City’s impressive stadium, a draw was as good as a win for the outfit from west London.

All the action took place off the pitch as dreary Chelsea drew 0-0 to Brighton on the pitch to move into fourth place in the Premier League.

Drew Spence crashed home a brace as Chelsea overwhelmed their Championship opponents London City Lionesses 5-0 to progress smoothly into the fifth round of the FA Cup, but they will be sweating on the fitness of Magda Eriksson, who limped off injured, late in the second half. Chelsea face a WSL title decider on Wednesday at Manchester City and will be desperate to have their skipper in the back four. Head coach Emma Hayes made a host of changes to her regular side, knowing that whoever they put out from the squad would be good enough to overcome their enthusiastic but limited opponents.

Mateo Kovacic will miss tomorrow’s FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City at Wembley and N’Golo Kante, who was forced to play 90 minutes in midweek as cover, is also a doubt.

Chelsea are into the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time since 2014 after losing 1-0 against Porto tonight, but win 2-1 on aggregate. A sensational bicycle kick by substitute Taremi deep into added time illuminated what was in fact a terrible football match.

Mason Mount and a wonderful individual goal by Ben Chilwell have put Chelsea into the box seat to reach the Champions League semi-final, after the west Londoners beat Porto 2-0 in the 1st leg quarter-final in Seville tonight.

Chelsea have three league games left and need to win them all to retain their WSL title according to coach Emma Hayes. Following their thrashing of Birmingham City 6-0 on Sunday afternoon, Hayes said: “We know how difficult it will be to win that title – we have to win every game which will be difficult considering our schedules. It’s relentless for the players.”

Sam Kerr scored a first half-hat-trick that killed off Birmingham and ensured the west Londoners remained top of the WSL – they finished up hammering their opponents 6-0. Chelsea stay two points clear of chasing Manchester City.

Chelsea’s hold on Champions League qualification next season was thrown into disarray with a humbling and embarrassing  5-2 defeat at home to relegation-haunted WBA at this afternoon. Fourth-place Blues started well and took the lead through Christian Pulisic before skipper Thiago Silva was sent off for two bookable offences and then collapsed, giving away four goals to second-bottom Baggies, before Mason Mount tucked home an inconsequential second.

Emma Hayes has to bring her Champions League semi-finalists back down to earth quickly following their historic 5-1 aggregate win against Wolfsburg on Wednesday as they return to WSL action on Sunday.

Sam Kerr, Pernille Harder and Fran Kirby, the holy trinity of attacking prowess, scored the goals that saw Chelsea cruise into the semi-final of the Champions League against Wolfsburg this afternoon.

Sam Kerr propelled the Blues back to the top of the WSL as the champions struggled but eventually overcame a dogged Aston Villa 2-0 at Kingsmeadow.

Chelsea head coach Emma Hayes will almost certainly keep goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger under wraps and ensure she sits out their return to WSL action on Sunday when they take on Aston Villa at Kingsmeadow.