Highlights: Chelsea defeat Celtic in Women's Champions League

Emma Sanders
BBC Sport women’s football news reporter at Stamford Bridge

Chelsea reached the Women's Champions League quarter-finals with a dominant victory over Celtic, who can no longer reach the next stage as a result.

It continued new manager Sonia Bompastor's 100% record after 11 games in charge as the Blues went through with two group games to spare.

After coming from behind to win 2-1 in Scotland last week, Lucy Bronze scored Chelsea's opener inside a minute in London, with a well-executed volley from a corner.

Wieke Kaptein made it 2-0 midway through the first half, heading in another cross, before Eve Perisset added a late third from the penalty spot as Chelsea cruised to victory against a young Celtic side.

Elena Sadiku's team are competing in the Women's Champions League group stage for the first time and are yet to pick up a point.

They battled hard at Stamford Bridge in front of their noisy travelling fans but the gulf in experience was evident.

Bompastor's arrival at Chelsea this summer was partly because of her success in this competition with Lyon, and the Frenchwoman has already guided the Blues seamlessly through to the knockout stage in impressive style.

For Celtic, this was another step on the steep learning curve as they develop under Sadiku, and highlighted the tough task ahead to match Europe's elite.

Job done for Chelsea as Celtic given lesson

It felt a matter of when - not if - Chelsea would qualify for the quarter-finals after such a strong start to their campaign, and they did so efficiently.

Knowing they needed just a point before kick-off, Chelsea could have been forgiven for playing it safe, but they went on the attack immediately and Bronze's goal put them on the front foot.

Celtic, who proved hard to break down last week having caused a stir when they went 1-0 up, had barely settled when Chelsea doubled their lead and seemingly put the game to bed.

Not even half an hour had been played and Celtic's task was a tall one, needing nothing less than victory to keep their slim European hopes alive.

They worked tirelessly to try to win the ball back but did not have the space or numbers up front when they did, or the composure to keep possession.

Manager Sadiku acknowledged this week that Celtic are "learning" in the competition, but this was always going to be one of the toughest lessons - and they struggled to find answers.

Chelsea captain Millie Bright, returning to the side after being rested last week, dictated most of the play from the back, switching possession as the hosts looked for a way through.

In the end, it was from two set-pieces and the penalty spot that Chelsea scored the goals they needed to progress in a fairly routine group-stage campaign.

Bompastor was cautious in the build-up to the match this week, reminding her players to "keep their heads on their shoulders" and continue to improve, despite an unbeaten start to the season.

But the ease with which Chelsea have qualified for Europe's last eight will have not gone unnoticed by their rivals - they are a team building impressive momentum.

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L. Bronze
8.32
22 L. Bronze
8.32
11 G. Reiten
8.31
19 J. Rytting Kaneryd
8.23
18 W. Kaptein
8.00
7 M. Ramírez
7.96
15 È. Périsset
7.78
4 M. Bright
7.65
9 C. Macário
7.58
6 S. Nüsken
7.52
8 E. Cuthbert
7.49
53 L. Brown
7.33
1 Z. Mušović
7.28
16 Júlia Bartel
7.18
25 M. Mpome
7.04
12 A. Lawrence
7.02
27 O. Jean-François
6.96
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