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BBC News
24-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Women's Champions League final: Arsenal opener against Barcelona ruled out by VAR
Update: Date: 17:26 BST Title: Get Involved Content: #bbcfootball, WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) This game has the men's FA Cup final feel about it. Barca (Man City) attacking/controlling the game, Arsenal (Palace) could nick this on the counter. Nemo Update: Date: 25 mins Title: 'Barca would've been a little worried' Content: Arsenal 0-0 Barcelona Emma SandersBBC Sport women's football news reporter at Estadio Jose Alvalade A huge moment for Arsenal. They have definitely caused Barcelona problems and rattled them a little bit. Frida Maanum did look offside straight away but Barca would have been a little worried. Update: Date: 17:25 BST Title: 'Warning sign for Barcelona' Content: Arsenal 0-0 Barcelona Izzy ChristiansenFormer England midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live at Estadio Jose Alvalade It is really good offensive final third play from Arsenal. Apart from the offside. A brilliant run, but Frida Maanum failed to time it later. That is a massive warning sign for Barcelona. They have not been at the races. Update: Date: 24 mins Title: Post Content: Arsenal 0-0 Barcelona Jen BeattieFormer Arsenal defender on TNT Sports To the naked eye, I thought she might've been offside. It just goes to show the uncertainly those runs in behind can cause. Update: Date: 23 mins Title: DISALLOWED GOAL - Arsenal Content: Arsenal 0-0 Barcelona Arsenal think they have taken the lead when Frida Maanum gets free on the right wing and her low cross is diverted into her own net by Barcelona defender Irene Paredes. But Paredes is the most relieved person in Lisbon as an offside check shows Maanum had gone too early when collecting the ball. A let off for Barcelona. Update: Date: 17:19 BST Title: Get Involved Content: #bbcfootball, WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Arsenal doing everything so far that Chelsea didn't do. They have to take their chances though. Dave, London Update: Date: 19 mins Title: 'Got to pick the moments to be aggressive' Content: Arsenal 0-0 Barcelona Izzy ChristiansenFormer England midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live at Estadio Jose Alvalade Arsenal at their best are when they're aggressive. With the heat you have got to pick the moments to be aggressive. You cannot go at 70% you have got to go at 100%. That's where Arsenal have got to manage the game. Update: Date: 18 mins Title: Post Content: Arsenal 0-0 Barcelona A dangerous corner is swung into the Arsenal box from the right by Mapi Leon and goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar starts to come for the ball but doesn't get there, and is relieved to see team-mate Alessia Russo make a vital clearing header. Update: Date: 17:15 BST Title: Post Content: Arsenal 0-0 Barcelona Emma SandersBBC Sport women's football news reporter at Estadio Jose Alvalade Aitana Bonmati was annoyed with herself and was gesturing she should have curled it into the top corner instead. Barcelona haven't really controlled the game yet which they are not used to. Update: Date: 16 mins Title: 'Beautiful play from Barcelona' Content: Arsenal 0-0 Barcelona Izzy ChristiansenFormer England midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live at Estadio Jose Alvalade Again, beautiful play from Barcelona. The chop from Aitana Bonmati, she shifts it onto her left foot. The covering defender, Chloe Kelly sliding across to block it. Update: Date: 17:14 BST Title: 'More of that' Content: Arsenal 0-0 Barcelona Jen BeattieFormer Arsenal defender on TNT Sports On the Foord chance... Foord is really unlucky not to get that goalward. What a ball, what a run, more of that from Arsenal. That's a huge confidence boost, knowing they can threaten the backline of Barcelona. Update: Date: 15 mins Title: Post Content: Arsenal 0-0 Barcelona Aitana Bonmati is proving a real handful for the Arsenal defence. She jinks inside her marker inside the penalty area, but Chloe Kelly has tracked back well and is able to get a vital block in, with the ball tamely looping up into the hands of Daphne van Domselaar. Update: Date: 14 mins Title: Post Content: Arsenal 0-0 Barcelona Better from Arsenal. Kim Little plays an angled pass to the back post and Caitlin Foord has space to either head at goal or nod it across for a team-mate, but in the end she does neither with the header drifting harmlessly wide. That was a chance. Update: Date: 13 mins Title: Post Content: Arsenal 0-0 Barcelona Emma SandersBBC Sport women's football news reporter at Estadio Jose Alvalade Barcelona fans have just started chanting Claudia Pina's name after Arsenal supporters booed her going down following a challenge from Chloe Kelly. It gives the defending champions a bit of a boost and Mariona Caldentey - of all people - was almost robbed in the box twice. Update: Date: 12 mins Title: 'You can't get away with it' Content: Arsenal 0-0 Barcelona Jen BeattieFormer Arsenal defender on TNT Sports Square balls across the box - you can't get away with it - especially not against this team. Update: Date: 11 mins Title: 'Bizarre from Arsenal' Content: Arsenal 0-0 Barcelona Izzy ChristiansenFormer England midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live at Estadio Jose Alvalade Bizarre from Arsenal at the back. They tried to clear the ball three times. They're trying to pass it out of their box. That's how you don't play against Barcelona. Update: Date: 10 mins Title: Post Content: Arsenal 0-0 Barcelona Nerves in the Arsenal defence. They play a square pass inside their own penalty area and nearly get punished. Mariona Caldentey then loses the ball 18 yards out, but Arsenal somehow manage to smuggle the ball clear. Update: Date: 17:09 BST Title: Get Involved Content: #bbcfootball, WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Arsenal haven't conceded yet which is better than Chelsea in 2021 Matt Update: Date: 9 mins Title: Post Content: Arsenal 0-0 Barcelona Panic in the Arsenal defence as goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar has to come out of her penalty area and try to clear her lines. The clearance is unconvincing, but luckily for Arsenal it doesn't land at a red and blue shirt. Update: Date: 8 mins Title: 'Overloading the wide area' Content: Arsenal 0-0 Barcelona Izzy ChristiansenFormer England midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live at Estadio Jose Alvalade I have already identified an issue with Arsenal. Out of possession Barcelona are overloading the wide area. That's how Barcelona are escaping Arsenal's press.
Yahoo
20-04-2025
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- Yahoo
How can I watch City v Aston Villa on TV?
How can I watch City v Aston Villa on TV? Find out how you can watch City's Premier League clash with Aston Villa, wherever you are in the world. We host fellow Champions League chasers Villa in the Premier League on Tuesday 22 April, with the game scheduled for kick-off at the Etihad Stadium at 20:00 (UK). Advertisement The game will be shown live in the UK on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Ultra HD, Sky GO and NOW TV. You can also keep across all of the action via the official Man City app, as well as the key moments on X/Twitter: @ManCity. Supporters living around the world can find out how they can tune in via our global listings, courtesy of WATCH: Mates: Claudio Echeverri MAN CITY APP COVERAGE Our official Man City app allows you to follow all of the action from Manchester in one place. Minute-by-minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre two hours before kick-off, while our Matchday Live show will begin at around 18:45 (UK). Advertisement Izzy Christiansen and Joleon Lescott will be the guests on the latest Matchday Live show, offering their expert insight before, during and after the action. During the game you can also listen to live audio commentary from Alistair Mann and Andy Morrison while our text commentary continues. Make sure to have push notifications turned on as well, so you can be alerted to key moments in the action, including goals, red cards and the team news. Our short and extended highlights as well as a CITY+ full-match replay can be accessed from midnight. GLOBAL TV LISTINGS Supporters living around the world can find out how they can tune in via our global TV listings below, courtesy of Advertisement (Listings correct as of Sunday 20 April).
BBC News
28-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Sandbach High School player set for Wembley football final
Playing at Wembley Stadium is a dream for any footballer - whether they are a local pub league player having a kick about or professional players at clubs across the a team from Sandbach High School, that dream is set to become a reality next month as they will be representing Crewe Alexandra in the final of the Utilita Girls is a six-a-side competition which hundreds of schools enter each this week the school was visited by Lionesses player Izzy Christiansen, who told BBC Radio Stoke she was impressed by what she saw from the Cheshire team. "It's a cool achievement for the girls to be given the opportunity to play at Wembley," she said."It's probably quite scary for them, in a way, but also very exciting."Not many people get the opportunity to play there so this is a really lovely thing for the girls of this school, and the staff as well." Player Leoni, 12, said the girls only found out recently where the final was being held."It's just a bit of a surreal experience, to actually think we're going to Wembley where the England first team play," she said."When it got to the final couple [of games] we were like 'oh my god, if we win all these we're going to Wembley'." The girls will play AFC Wimbledon in the final, and head teacher Ellen Walton said the girls had earned themselves celebrity status within the school."I just keep on thinking how they're going to feel when they walk out, and they're there at Wembley," she supervisor Luke Moran added the girls played to a high standard, and that they had a really good chance of winning."This is a national competition, so they don't get to this stage without being talented," he said. Read more Cheshire stories from the BBC and follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Yahoo
14-03-2025
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City's League Cup successes
Gareth Taylor's side travel to the Midlands as they face Chelsea at Pride Park in the Subway Women's League Cup. As the second most successful side in the competition we aim to add a fifth league cup to our collection. Following a dramatic 95th minute winner in the semi-final against Arsenal, we are now one step away from our first piece of silverware of the 24/25 season. In three of the four previous league cup finals we have faced similar challenges to the journey to Derbyshire this season. Having fought hard in what was a lively semi-final at Meadow Park and battling for a 2-1 win against Manchester United in the quarter-finals, the Blues have proved they thrive when the odds are stacked against them. From theatrical second-half comebacks to penalty shoot-out triumphs, we look back at our previous League Cup final victories. City concluded their debut Women's Super League campaign in style with a 1-0 victory over Arsenal at Wycombe's Adams Park. Earning their first piece of silverware as a professional side. It looked like the contest would be forced to extra time before Izzy Christiansen's close-range header was enough to get the better of the Gunners. Arsenal went close through Rachel Yankey and Danielle Carter, but they were unable to find the City net. City went into the game as the underdog with Arsenal the clear favourites to come away with the trophy. The Citizens had suffered a difficult start to their maiden season and this finale ensured it was a memorable one. Both sides forced the game into extra-time with neither breaking the deadlock after an uneventful opening 90 minutes. But with a record attendance of 4124 it was all to play for at the Academy Stadium. Birmingham City pushed the 15/16 WSL Champions and posed a physical challenge, but the Citizens survived the pressure. As the clock ticked into extra-time, we needed inspiration and Lucy Bronze's head found the breakthrough. The game was pushed to the wire and Birmingham had the opportunity to force penalties in the last few seconds, but it proved to be Nick Cushing's side's day. The England international's header secured City a league and cup double in the same week and helped Birmingham City to a third defeat in six years in the final. Karen Bardsley was the hero at Bramall Lane, saving two spot-kicks, after a goalless 120 minutes. Janine Beckie stepped up to seal the winning strike, having earlier hit the crossbar twice in normal time, in yet another closely fought contest against the Gunners. Bardsley's heroic display clinched her a fifth trophy with City since her arrival in 2014. In front of a sell-out crowd at Plough Lane, Gareth Taylor's side came from a goal down to earn our fourth accolade in the competition. Despite City dominating, Sam Kerr gave Chelsea the lead at half-time against the run of play, but Caroline Weir hauled City level soon after the restart. After failing to beat Chelsea in ten games it looked like it would happen again. Ellen White nudged us ahead with a close-range finish after Lauren Hemp forced a save from Ann-Katrin Berger just before the hour mark. The fightback was on. City did not have to wait long for a third goal as Weir completed her brace with a meteoric volley blasting into the top corner of the Chelsea net. The second-half comeback was complete as City claimed a convincing first win over Emma Hayes' side in ten attempts enroute to our first silverware since November 2020.
