Quadruple-chasing Chelsea lose semi-final first leg in Barcelona
Substitute Claudia Pina scores twice for holders, Irene Paredes and Ewa Pajor also on target
Sandy Baltimore pulls goal back for Blues
Hannah Hampton saves early penalty from Alexia Putellas
Return leg takes place at Stamford Bridge on 27 April
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Thank you for joining us today, it has been a pleasure to bring you both first legs of these Champions League semi-finals. I'm just sorry not to have been able to report on better news for the English sides.
We will be back next weekend to see if Arsenal and Chelsea can turn these ties around. Hope to see you then.
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Chelsea were playing two Barcelona teams tonight. The actual team and their reputation as the best. Chelsea were beaten by the reputation of Barcelona. To a person they played badly conceding the ball easily and panicking when Barcelona had the ball. Until English teams stop being beaten mentally by Barcelona and Lyon there is no hope of winning the Champions League. Lack of resilience!
Tim
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Fara Williams
Former Chelsea midfielder on TNT Sports
In and out of possession Chelsea didn't get into their rhythm. They struggled with the connections in the press and they struggled in the build phase, they didn't know if they were going long or short, it was completely off.
Barcelona were not at their best but they were really good. Chelsea were nowhere near their best.
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Barcelona
Barcelona's Irene Paredes speaking to TV3: "We did a good job, but it's not done. We are happy with how we played, but we have to go there and play well as well.
"We are a team that likes to play well; we always play to win. That's what we will do there. We'll have our game plan, like today which came off perfectly. We have the lead and we want to go there and win as well.
"I am happy to score. I always try to contribute, and I can do that at dead balls, but the whole team did performed their roles perfectly today. Of course I am happy to score, but above all we are all really happy with the performance and the result."
FT: Barcelona 4-1 Chelsea
Fara Williams
Former Chelsea midfielder on TNT Sports
The Women's Super League title is not done and dusted for Chelsea. They are still only three points clear of Arsenal, so Crystal Palace is a must-win game.
It depends on what team they can put out but they need momentum, goals and confidence going into that return leg at Stamford Bridge next weekend.
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The second leg takes place at Stamford Bridge next Sunday (April 27) at 14.00 BST. Chelsea will need all their gumption and ability if they are to come back from today.
What doesn't help is that they have a midweek WSL meeting with Crystal Palace before then.
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Barcelona
Image source, Getty ImagesBarcelona's Claudia Pina speaking to TV3: "There is still the return game to go. Chelsea are a great team. They will be at their stadium, with their fans, so it is still open. We will go there and try and win the game and get through this semi-final.
"It's a good result. It's was a complete performance and we have a three-goal lead. It's a small advantage but it's not over.
"Everyone wants to play every game. I was keen to get on. I have a really good understanding with Alexia [Putellas]. She was already telling me where the spaces are. I just had to give her the ball and I knew she would give it back. I am really happy to help the team whenever I can.
"Barca always go out to win, to try and play in our way. That's what we will do and try and win the game."
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Fara Williams
Former Chelsea midfielder on TNT Sports
You can see the quality within this Barcelona team. They will get a chance and they will get a goal away from home.
I don't see Chelsea scoring more than three goals in the second leg.
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Chelsea midfielder Keira Walsh, speaking to DAZN: It's tough but we've got to go for it. We needed to score three goals against Man City and we managed to do it. We know we're capable, we know we've got the ability.
"It's different against Barcelona, we know they've got so many good attacking players but I think for me we just need to take a little bit more confidence in our own abilities and how we can play and hopefully it will be a better goal.
On being back in Barcelona: "I won a lot of trophies here and a lot of the girls are really good friends. In times where it was really tough for me and I was on my own and away from my family they were looking after me and making sure that I didn't feel alone.
"I think for me I've got some really good friends, it's a difficult result and I want to win for Chelsea but it was a nice reception from the home fans."
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I don't support either Chelsea or Arsenal. But I hope for the sake of the women's game that at least the Gunners can break the Lyon/Barca stranglehold of the WCL.
Toby
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Chelsea now face an near-insurmountable task in their chase of a first quadruple by an English team since Arsenal in 2006-07.
Sonia Bompastor's side have a great chance of another domestic treble of WSL, League Cup and FA Cup. A terrific achievement, not to be sniffed at.
But this setback in their pursuit of the holy grail that is the Champions League will really sting.
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Fara Williams
Former Chelsea midfielder on TNT Sports
If you are defending a set piece you don't make a substitution because organisation and communication goes out of the window.
We don't know if Irene Paredes was being picked up prior to the corner by Nathalie Bjorn, who is the player that comes off, and you can see that there is a bit of confusion.
No one picks her up. Lucy Bronze looks like she is handed over the responsibility but can't quite get there in time and Paredes scores.
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Barcelona too good. Unfair to say Chelsea did not turn up. Simply a gulf in class. The WSL has a lot of catching up to do.
Jeremy
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Image source, Getty ImagesChelsea defender Lucy Bronze, speaking to DAZN: "I think the whole game was played to Barca's preference. Both on and off the ball it took us a while to get in the rhythm. Even the refereeing was to their preferred way with a lot more easy fouls, an English team likes to be a bit more aggressive and we couldn't quite find our rhythm because of that. Once they scored a few goals we got a bit more tired and let the game get away from us in the end."
On what needs to be better at Stamford Bridge: "I think we need to keep the ball better, I think we can attack them with more quality and more composure. You saw how easy it was for us to score the goal we did score, it was probably our one moment of true attack and a goal came from it. I think if we have more of those opportunities then Barca are a team you can hurt on the transition and we are good in transition. We've already shown in the Champions League that we can win 3-0 at Stamford Bridge, we have that within us."
On what her message to the fans is: "We just need the fans, it's the same as when we played City in the last round. The fans really pushed us on, we got three goals in the first half, an unbelievable performance and 45 minutes. If we have that same atmosphere I think it will really push us on. We've got way more goals in this team than we showed tonight."
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A perfect example of how not to manage a game when you give yourself a lifeline. Chelsea's leaders needed to step up at that moment, but instead have mentally imploded.
Freddy
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Fara Williams
Former Chelsea midfielder on TNT Sports
Chelsea did not ever get that momentum to build anything.
When they got the goal from Sandy Baltimore you thought that they had a lifeline. At that point it's 2-1 and you think, 'Let's see the game out.'
Be resilient, which we have done all year and suffer without the ball. They don't do that.
They try to chase the second goal and in doing that they concede two more. Very naive from a collective point of view.
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Arsenal have to turn things around in Lyon, but it looks far more likely than Chelsea needing four against Barcelona.
Martin
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Fara Williams
Former Chelsea midfielder on TNT Sports
Chelsea will have to find a way to mentally bounce back. This is not something they have experienced before under Sonia Bompastor.
Chelsea lost their way a little bit [as the second half went on]. I have never seen a Chelsea team fold the way that they did.
Is it out of reach? I think so, but who knows what this Chelsea team can do.
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We came into this weekend hopeful of a historic first all-English final.
Instead, a third Lyon v Barcelona final in four seasons looks very likely.
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Fara Williams
Former Chelsea midfielder on TNT Sports
A really tough task for Chelsea now and based off today's game you probably think it is too big to overturn.
If you look back to the Man City game in the quarter-finals, that will give them a bit of hope.
But the way things unfolded today I don't think that gives Chelsea any chance of turning the tie around in the second leg next week.
Claudia Pina is the Women's Champions League top scorer this season with nine goals
Quadruple-chasing Chelsea fell to a heavy defeat in the first leg of their Women's Champions League semi-final with Barcelona.
Ewa Pajor gave Barcelona a first-half lead when she coolly slotted the ball past goalkeeper Hannah Hampton after being played in behind by Alexia Putellas' clever pass.
Substitute Claudia Pina doubled their advantage, poking home from close range midway through the second half.
However, Chelsea had proven to be a threat in spells and responded when wing-back Sandy Baltimore drilled an effort into the far corner to halve the deficit.
That looked set to give Sonia Bompastor's side a real opportunity in the second leg at Stamford Bridge next Sunday (14:00 BST) but Irene Paredes added a third goal for Barcelona late on.
As if Chelsea's evening could not get any worse, Pina rounded off an impressive evening for Barcelona with a fourth in stoppage time.
It is a third straight meeting between the sides at this stage of the competition, with Barcelona coming out on top in the previous two - and they will have enjoyed causing further pain in Spain.
England forward Aggie Beever-Jones came close for the visitors when her curling free-kick was pushed behind by goalkeeper Cata Coll, scrambling low to her left.
That came during a positive spell for Chelsea, who ended the first half on top despite trailing.
They had goalkeeper Hampton to thank for saving a first-half penalty from two-time Ballon d'Or winner Putellas.
Barcelona remain the team to beat in Europe and it was a tough evening for Chelsea, who have a lot of work to do in London.
"It was difficult just to lose the game but also to concede four goals," said manager Bompastor afterwards.
"These games are really difficult because Barcelona are one of, if not the best team in Europe.
"When the result was 2-1, we were not in a really bad situation because there was only one goal in it. But the last 10 minutes were not good enough."
Claudia Pina scored twice after her 66th-minute introduction
Chelsea captain Millie Bright said during the build-up that they had to take their emotions out of the tie having suffered enough heartache against Barcelona in the past.
In a lively encounter, the visitors did well initially to limit Barcelona's chances and Hampton was tough to beat in a resilient first half.
However, all of that work went out the window in a devastating final 20 minutes as Barcelona showed why they have dominated European football in recent years.
With Chelsea tiring and pushing for an equaliser, Barcelona demonstrated their ruthless streak, piling on the pressure to build a comfortable lead.
That has caused huge damage to manager Bompastor's chances of guiding Chelsea to their first Women's Champions League title in her first season after replacing Emma Hayes.
And it has also threatened to end their hopes of securing a quadruple this season.
It means Chelsea will have to produce one of their greatest performances in the second leg to stand a chance of reaching the final.
Barcelona, meanwhile, are in a strong position to continue their push for a third successive Champions League trophy.
There were spells of Chelsea's performance that showed they could compete but they were not good enough across the 90 minutes and may have paid a heavy price.
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