It was Alyssa Thompson who scored for Chelsea after eight minutes on the Emirates Stadium within the Women’s Super League again in November. And on Tuesday evening, she virtually did the identical once more.
This time, there have been simply 5 minutes on the clock when Lucy Bronze received the ball again within the Arsenal penalty space and commenced a counter-attack with a dash down the touchline.
The skilled full-back performed the ball straight in entrance of her to Thompson. The American solely had Lotte Wubben-Moy and goalkeeper Anneke Borbe between her and the aim, so she opted to minimize inside and fireplace a shot in direction of the far aspect.
Wubben-Moy managed to get a contact on the shot, and the try bounced off the left-hand put up. It was the best of margins which prevented her from giving the Blues the opening aim.
And after coming away from North London with a 3-1 defeat to carry over into the second leg, Thompson was disenchanted that Chelsea didn’t have extra to present for our efforts.
‘It’s definitely a tough result,’ she mentioned after the ultimate whistle. ‘I think the team played really well, and I think the result doesn’t really show the game.
‘We had a couple of chances in the first half that we could have finished and put away, and I think honestly, we’ve grown a lot too. Every time we play them, it’s just hard, to be honest. It was always going to be difficult, especially in a London derby and it being in the Champions League.’
Thompson feels that if the Blues could be extra medical after we return to Stamford Bridge for the second leg on Wednesday night, we are able to overturn the deficit. Especially with the added benefit of getting our dwelling followers cheering the staff on.
‘I think as a team we really want to get into the semi-finals,’ Thompson continued. ‘We’re going to do everything that we can to get back into the game and finish our chances.
‘Playing at the Bridge is so amazing. Playing in front of all of our fans is really fun. So I hope we can bring a little bit more quality and just finish our chances.’
