LONDON (AP) — Defending champion Arsenal has a two-goal advantage to defend when it visits Chelsea on Wednesday in the second leg of their Women’s Champions League quarterfinal.
Arsenal underlined its credentials for back-to-back titles by beating English rival Chelsea 3-1 in the first leg last week on Tuesday.
That London derby marked the first time in Women’s Champions League history that teams from the same city faced off.
Last year, Chelsea did manage
to overcome a two-goal deficit in the second leg of its quarterfinal against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge to advance to the semifinals.
“It’s only halftime, so there’s a lot of work still to do for us, and that’s how we’re going to approach the game,” Arsenal coach Renée Slegers said.
The winner will meet Wolfsburg or Lyon in the semifinals.
Making its debut in the quarterfinals, Manchester United travels to Germany after losing to Bayern Munich 3-2 in the opening leg at Old Trafford.
Bayern is trying to reach its first semifinal since 2021. No English team has beaten Bayern away in the competition.
The winner of that quarterfinal will face Barcelona or Real Madrid.
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