Russo puts Arsenal in charge against Chelsea in Women’s Champions League

Sonia Bompastor, the Chelsea head coach, said the women’s game needs to be shown “more respect” after the decision to rule out Verle Buurman’s goal for Chelsea against Arsenal in the first half of this win for the Gunners in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final was not overturned by the video assistant referee.

Buurman leapt and nodded in and looked to have halved the hosts’ lead, but the referee, Alina Pesu, immediately ruled out the effort for a perceived foul on Laia Codina and the VAR did not deem it a clear and obvious error.