Baltimore blast sparks first-half goal rush to set up Barcelona showdown

Sonia Bompastor channelled compatriot Edith Piaf, saying she wanted her players "to have no regrets" come the final whistle of their Champions League quarter-final second leg against Manchester City, and three first-half goals were the result of a relentless performance to overturn the two-goal first-leg deficit.

- Suzanne Wrack

We have been waiting for Chelsea to move into fifth gear, for a display across 90 minutes reflective of their dominance in all competitions and the talent in the squad, and at Stamford Bridge Bompastor's side delivered the gear change when it mattered most, goals from Sandy Baltimore, Nathalie Björn, and Mayra Ramírez seeing off City in style.

The Blues set up a semi-final tie with Champions League holders Barcelona as a result, who dispatched Wolfsburg 10-2 on aggregate.

The Chelsea manager made five changes to the team that scored a stoppage-time winner at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, and it was this play that many predicted could be the difference, the London side able to rotate and maintain an intensity that a depleted and limited City squad couldn't match.

Much has been made of City's injury crisis, with Khadija Shaw, Aoba Fujino, Rebecca Knaak, Lauren Hemp, Alex Greenwood, Laura Blindkilde Brown, and Ayaka Yamashita all out and only five players named on the bench.