Chelsea overcame a power outage at Stamford Bridge to end their winless run against Barcelona in the Women's Champions League in a 1-1 draw.

Play was suspended for close to 10 minutes due to an outage at the stadium which cut all television feeds, meaning that VAR could not be in operation.

Goals from Ellie Carpenter and and Ewa Pajor had left the game in the balance, but the hosts were left to rue missed chances for all three points.

Sonia Bompastor’s side went into the contest having previously beaten their opponents just once in seven Champions League meetings, losing 8-2 on aggregate when the two sides met in last season’s semi-final.

Bompastor was without Sam Kerr, while club captain Millie Bright was dropped to the bench following her testing start to the campaign.

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