Erin Cuthbert’s strike in Barcelona puts Chelsea in driving seat in semi-final
Resilient, street-smart and clinical when it mattered, Chelsea launched the most audacious smash and grab on European champions Barcelona 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, that would fire 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. “I thrive on this pressure, it brings out a different side of me, a different animal,” she said.
