Chelsea have a mountain to climb if they are to make it to this year's UEFA Women's Champions Final after they were beaten 1-0 by Barcelona in the first leg of their semi-final tie on Saturday.
Emma Hayes made two changes to the side that narrowly beat Aston Villa to book a place in the FA Cup Final last time out, with Niamh Charles coming in for Lauren James and Ann-Katrin Berger - who made herself the hero in Chelsea's penalty shootout victory over Lyon in the quarter-finals - replacing Zecira Musovic in goal.
Barcelona dominated the opening exchanges at Stamford Bridge and were rewarded for their fearless start when Caroline Graham Hansen cut inside and rifled a stunning left-footed effort past Berger to fire Barcelona ahead inside four minutes. Chelsea rallied well, and Guro Reiten thought she had restored parity when she smartly dispatched Sam Kerr's perfectly weighted delivery into the back of the net after 25 minutes.
