Chelsea midfielder Keira Walsh says it has "always been my dream to win the Champions League with an English club" as they prepare to face Manchester City in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.

For all Sonia Bompastor’s early success as Chelsea manager, elimination from the Champions League, the very competition she was brought in to win, at the quarter-final stage would have been a failure.

Chelsea reached the Champions League semi-finals, with an impressive 3-0 victory over Manchester City in their quarter-final second leg sealing a 3-2 aggregate win. The Blues – facing City for a fourth consecutive match – needed to lay it all on the line at Stamford Bridge after losing the away leg 2-0,