Arsenal set up Chelsea showdown in Women’s Champions League with win over Leuven

A hard-fought 3-1 victory over OH Leuven at Meadow Park sent Arsenal through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The visitors tested Renée Slegers’ side when Sara Pusztai cancelled out Alessia Russo’s goal but a penalty from Mariona Caldentey and second from Russo secured the win, earning them a comfortable 7-1 aggregate score.

Confidence is flying high around Arsenal, they are almost at the end of one of the most taxing periods of the season to date. Since the return from the winter break, they have won seven of their nine fixtures and lost just one, featured in five different competitions, lifted the inaugural Champions Cup and now reached the quarter-finals of the Women’s Champions League. It has been a month that will have tested every single one of the playing squad and staff to their limits but one that will have given them belief that they can still challenge on multiple fronts. Continue reading...