Resilient, street-smart and clinical when it mattered, Chelsea launched the most audacious smash and grab on the European champions to take a one-goal advantage back to Stamford Bridge as they bid to reach the Champions League final in Emma Hayes’s final season in charge.
It was the captain, Erin Cuthbert, who fired them ahead at the end of the first half, a player who less than 24 hours before had said these games bring out the best in her.
