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English trio vie for Women's Champions League semi-finals - watch Chelsea-Arsenal on BBC

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The Women's Super League is guaranteed at least one representative in the last four, with defending champions Arsenal taking on Chelsea in a mouth-watering contest. Renee Slegers' Gunners hold the advantage after a 3-1 win at Emirates Stadium in the first leg but Chelsea are confident the tie is still there to be won. Having overturned a 2-0 deficit to stun Manchester City at the same stage last season, that confidence is not unfounded.

"We know we can go to Stamford Bridge and turn this result around," Chelsea defender Lucy Bronze told BBC Sport. "We did it last year against City so there's no reason we can't do it again. "We've got big players with big personalities who have been in this position before, who know how to win games.

We know we've got it in us. " The Blues will be buoyed by the return of striker Sam Kerr, who missed the first leg having been at the Asian Cup. Having marked her return with a goal against Aston Villa on Sunday in the WSL, the Australia forward could yet have a significant role in the tie.

Arsenal, who warmed up for the second leg with a 5-2 win over north London rivals Tottenham on Saturday, are taking nothing for granted. "We know the tie is nowhere near done," Alessia Russo, whose goal in the first leg was her eighth in the competition this season, told BBC Sport. Watch on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app Man Utd come from behind twice but lose first leg to Bayern Meanwhile, United need to make history to progress from their tie against Bayern Munich.

No English side has won at Bayern in the Women's Champions League and, having fallen to a 3-2 loss in the first leg at Old Trafford, Marc Skinner's side must change that if they are to reach the semis. There will be an element of frustration from the English side after they twice came from behind against Bayern last week, only for Momoko Tanikawa to score a late winner for the visitors. "We're not a team that just wants to make up the numbers; we want to be in this competition until the latter stages," Skinner said.