Chelsea 1-0 [2-3] Arsenal LIVE – Bompastor sent off as Arsenal secure semi-final berth

On Alyssa Thompson’s tears, Slegers added: “I didn’t know that and I’m sorry to hear. But I think hopefully that can be solved internally and there’s a good conversation.

“Honest apologies if something happened that wasn’t meant to happen. Sorry to hear about that.”

“I don’t think it’s deliberate,” insisted Slegers. I think she tries to pull the shirt. Alyssa Thompson is very fast.

“I haven’t spoken to Katie. I’ve seen the incident back. Katie is very competitive. She wants to win. You see that in the way she plays. But for me she always plays fair.

“She would never do anything deliberately bad with bad intentions. But I haven’t spoken to Katie yet, so I can’t comment on how she would comment on this situation.”

Bompastor concluded: “I’m just questioning, why are these referees coming into this game with what happened in the first leg, refereeing these games? I don’t think that’s good enough.

“I think I’m being really frustrated and upset. Not only for me, I think for my players.

“I think they deserve more respect. From the performance they put on the pitch, I think they deserve a lot more respect.”

The Chelsea boss continued: “I just think it’s not good enough. And at the end again, I’m the one who gets a red card. Where I think the Arsenal player should be the one who gets a red card.

“What is the VAR doing in these games? If we have the VAR, why are we not checking these situations? I don’t understand. And it’s not good enough.

“I think you need to understand even if, again, we lost the game, the first leg, and we didn’t score enough today in the game. That’s why we are not qualified. But I think tonight we are speaking too much about the referees. And it was the case last week.”

That’s that!

Arsenal progress to the Champions League semi-finals!

That’s Bompastor sent off for interfering with play!

Sonia Bompastor is booked for shouting at the referee.

Nusken puts Chelsea in front on the night and now they only need one more goal to level the tie!

Beth Mead is the latest player to hit the post with her curling effort.

Nusken thinks she’s finally scored, as did the whole of Stamford Bridge, but her long range effort crashes off the post as well and is cleared by Arsenal.

How have Chelsea not scored?

Van Domselaar saves from James before Buurman’s effort crashes off the post.

Frida Maanum and Laia Codina replaced Mariona Caldentey and Stina Blackstenius.

Keira Walsh is replaced by Wieke Kaptein.

VAR appear to have disallowed the goal!

Blackstenius was judged to have been offside.

Stina Blackstenius heads Arsenal in front, and surely into the Champions League semi-finals!

Sandy Baltimore shoots towards goal but the ball goes wide of the post.

Kerr tries her luck from close range but van Domselaar saves.

Stina Blackstenius heads over Beth Mead’s cross from close range.

Russo makes space for herself before firing towards goal from distance, but the ball goes narrowly wide.

Arsenal pushing for the opener here.

Substitute Holmberg gets down the sideline and crosses into the Chelsea box, but Alessia Russo scuffs here effort towards goal.

Beth Mead and Smilia Holmberg replace Olivia Smith and Emily Fox.

Taylor Hinds is booked for time wasting.