Arsenal Ladies are through to the Champions League Semi-Finals after drawing 2-2 with Linkoping on Wednesday and progressing on away goals.
Laura Harvey’s team twice came from behind in Sweden thanks to Rachel Yankey and a late Katie Chapman strike to book a glamour tie against French side Lyon.
Arsenal Ladies
- 1
- Byrne
- 2
- Houghton
- 3
- White (C)
- 4
- White 90
- 5
- Nobbs 80
- 6
- Yankey Goal! Yellow Card
- 7
- Beattie
- 8
- Carter 65
- 9
- Little
- 10
- Chapman Goal!
- 11
- Fahey Yellow Card
Substitutes
- 12
- Spencer
- 13
- Tracy
- 14
- Grant 80
- 15
- Fleeting 65
- 16
- Bruton
- 17
- Brooke Nunn
- 18
- Coombs 90
Linkoping
- 1
- Sofia Lundgren
- 2
- Louise Fors 46
- 3
- Charlotte Rohlin
- 4
- Ingrid Schjelderup
- 5
- Jessica Samuelsson
- 6
- Tilda Heimersson
- 7
- Petra Larsson
- 8
- Nora Holstad-Berge
- 9
- Linda Sallstrom Goal!
- 10
- Kathryn Gill
- 11
- Maja Krantz 87
Substitutes
- 12
- Tine Cederkvist
- 13
- Kosovare Asllani 46 Goal!
- 14
- Elin Borg
- 15
- Jonna Andersson 87
- 16
- Michaela Johnsson
- 17
- Ida Brännström
- 18
- Elisabet Klinga
The Quarter-Final was finely poised after Ellen White’s stunning half volley cancelled out Linda Sällström’s first-half opener at Boreham Wood in the first leg last Thursday.
Sällström was again Arsenal’s scourge when she put Linkoping ahead after just 16 minutes in Kopparvallen.
Rachel Yankey equalised five minutes before half time to regain parity, on the night and in the tie, but Kosovare Asllani restored the Swede’s advantage in the 57th minute.
Arsenal were heading out of the competition until Chapman, the saviour against Rayo Vallecano in the last round, popped up 11 minutes from time to book the Gunners a Semi-Final spot.
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