Eire captain Katie McCabe has emerged as an harm fear after limping out of Arsenal’s Champions League quarter-final win over Bayern Munich.
ubliner McCabe helped the Gunners to a 2-0 victory, a reversal of their 1-0 defeat to the German champions final week.
Nevertheless, the 27-year-old midfielder sustained what seems to be like a metatarsal harm to her left foot and was substituted within the 89th minute.
She later emerged again on to the Emirates pitch on crutches to hitch within the post-match celebrations together with her team-mates.
Trailing to a Lea Schuller purpose in Germany final week, the hosts recovered from the early lack of captain Kim Little to win 2-0 in entrance of 21,307 followers on the Emirates Stadium.
A effective Frida Maanum strike set them on their method earlier than Stina Blackstenius’ header settled the tie.
The margin of victory ought to have been rather more snug however for a effective goalkeeping show from Maria-Luisa Grohs and a few wayward ending from the Arsenal forwards.
Jonas Eidevall has now guided the Gunners to their first Champions League semi-final since 2013, once they misplaced to Wolfsburg – who additionally knocked Arsenal out within the quarter-finals final season.
The Germans might once more be standing in the best way this time round as they lead Paris St Germain 1-0 on combination with the winners assembly Arsenal within the final 4.
Captain Little was tripped as she regarded to maraud into the Bayern half with their defence all out of place within the tenth minute. Remarkably, no free-kick was given however Little was unable to proceed, changed by Lotte Wubben-Moy as birthday lady Leah Williamson took each the armband and Little’s place within the coronary heart of midfield.
Katie McCabe of Arsenal, seen with crutches after choosing up an harm within the recreation, speaks with team-mate Leah Williamson
The positional shift would play an element in Arsenal breaking the impasse as Williamson directed a deft flick into the trail of Maanum, who bent residence a effective opener for the hosts.
Maanum was in once more quickly after however couldn’t nick the ball off the toe of Grohs as she regarded to intercept a weak back-pass.
Bayern have leaked simply 4 targets within the Frauen Bundesliga this season however Arsenal’s lead could be doubled earlier than the half-hour as McCabe labored sufficient house for a cross from the left and Blackstenius nodded in from close-range.
It might have gotten even higher earlier than the break however Williamson missed a good likelihood with a header and Blackstenius was denied by Grohs earlier than Maanum’s follow-up was blocked.
Grohs was retaining the guests alive within the tie, saving a close-range header from Blackstenius earlier than Wubben-Moy’s misplaced cross cannoned again off the crossbar.
The second half began on a way more even keel. Bayern lastly wrestled again some degree of possession as two corners induced issues within the Arsenal field and Wubben-Moy made an vital block to maintain out a Klara Buhl strike.
Grohs was at it once more moments later, diving low to tip a McCabe shot huge after the Eire worldwide had danced into the penalty space.
When Grohs was not within the place to maintain Arsenal at bay, it was extra profligate ending for the hosts that did not kill off the tie as Caitlin Foord ballooned a effective likelihood over the crossbar having been rolled in 12 yards from purpose.
McCabe limped off late on to current Eidevall with one other harm concern however he will probably be happy his Continental Cup winners have not less than two extra video games so as to add to their packed fixture schedule as they chase additional glory this season.
