Women's Football Weekly: Chelsea and Arsenal face uphill battles in the Champions League

Football Daily

BBC

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4.3 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Ellen White, Jen Beattie and Ben Haines react to the Women’s Champions League semi-final first legs. They are joined by BBC Sport’s Emma Sanders who was in Barcelona, to dissect what went so wrong for Chelsea, who trail 4-1 heading into the second leg. They also react to Arsenal’s first leg against Lyon – will they regret not making more of their chances against a Lyon team with an impressive home record? Plus they focus on Liverpool’s Olivia Smith after an impressive few weeks – what does she need to do to continue her upwards progression?

TIME CODES: 1’17 Reaction to Barcelona v Chelsea 5’27 Emma Sanders joins the pod 24’06 Reaction to Arsenal v Lyon 24’17 Renee Slegers post Lyon 36’55 One to watch: Liverpool’s Olivia Smith

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0:00.0	A new series of Match of the Day Top Ten is out now, only available on BBC Sounds.
0:06.9	Join myself, Garelinica, Alan Shearer, Micah Richards and My Dog, as we dig into the top 10 of the Champions League.
0:14.3	We go through our favourite goal scorer's, best moment, and even our all-time 11th.
0:19.0	Now that, gentleman, is a list. No, we'll needn't get a list. Match of the Day, time 11th. Now that, gentlemen, is a list.
0:21.5	No, we'll need you get on a list.
0:23.4	Match of the day, top 10 Champions League.
0:26.7	Listen, only on BBC Sounds.
0:31.1	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:35.7	On the Football Daily, the women's football weekly with Ben Haynes, Ellen White and
0:41.7	Gen Beatty.
0:43.4	Hello and welcome to the women's football weekly podcast on the Football Daily feed.
0:47.8	As ever, we're joined by Record England goal scorer Ellen White and former Scotland
0:51.6	defender, Gem Beatty.
0:52.9	Ellen, how are you?
0:53.8	I'm very well, Ben. How are you?
0:55.3	Yeah, really well.
0:56.8	All the better of having Jen Biti alongside me.
0:59.0	I don't you know, I've got Jen alongside me now,
1:01.0	but she's about to go and do a tour of Europe, aren't you?
1:04.1	Well, nothing changes.
1:06.0	I'm always here there and everywhere.
1:08.2	Where's next?
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