Having suffered loads of previous heartache at Barcelona’s expense, Chelsea could have ordinarily celebrated a 1-1 draw with them within the Girls’s Champions League.

However this was a missed alternative.

Chelsea have been the higher facet on the night time, dominating many of the first half and creating loads of goalscoring alternatives.

They led for eight minutes earlier than failing to clear a nook and permitting Ewa Pajor to pounce on the unfastened ball, cancelling out Ellie Carpenter’s scrumptious opener.

Australian Carpenter ought to have scored the winner too however dragged her close-range end vast with 10 minutes to go and solely the keeper to beat.

It was maybe in that second supervisor Sonia Bompastor knew their probability to beat Barcelona had gone.

Substitute Catarina Macario additionally had a purpose dominated out for a marginal offside, and when the full-time whistle ultimately went, the Blues boss shook her head in frustration as her facet dropped to sixth within the league section desk – two factors behind their Spanish guests in first place.

This was a formidable efficiency and a drastic enchancment from their 8-2 combination defeat by Barcelona in final season’s semi-finals – however their lack of ruthlessness finally proved expensive and denied them the victory they craved.

“I believe it’s irritating to not have gained the sport, particularly whenever you have a look at the statistics and the possibilities we had,” stated Bompastor.

“We had alternatives to win so I am pissed off for that cause, however general there have been additionally lots of positives to take.

“We all know within the Champions League and within the necessary video games we must be medical. We now have spoken about that and my gamers try so onerous.

“I am actually happy with the efficiency. Everybody labored onerous and I believe after we are enjoying at this degree, we are able to put in performances like this one.”