Chelsea’s Champions League exit underlines the need for summer transition‎

Even before Sonia Bompastor was sent off in stoppage time for her protests to the referee, there was plenty to frustrate Chelsea. There were superb saves from Arsenal goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar to deny Lauren James and Sjoeke Nusken. There was Sandy Baltimore’s cross that bounced just out of Sam Kerr’s reach in the Arsenal box. There was Nusken’s glancing header across the face of goal, and the effort Alyssa Thompson lifted over the bar in the first half. There were so many occasions that t