Man City's damaging defeat to Chelsea felt inevitable - but why? And what's next?

Squad depth and injuries are undoubtedly issues for City, but they were outfought and outthought by Chelsea as their season threatens to fizzle out

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After Arsenal overturned a 2-0 first-leg score to Real Madrid on Wednesday night, there was a fun stat circulating about how only one team had ever come back from such a deficit in a Women’s Champions League game.

It was Arsenal, back in 2004.

Enter Sonia Bompastor. “Hold my quadruple,” I can imagine her saying. “I might be needing it…