‘At least the colour of my nails are fitting!’: Chelsea star Melanie Leupolz pokes entertaining at herself soon after she was still left with blood streaming down her face subsequent terrible clash of heads from Lyon
Chelsea came out victorious on penalties towards Lyon in the WSL quarter-final Leupolz was changed in the next 50 percent right after a clash of headsleft her bloodied
Chelsea midfielder Melanie Leupolz has poked pleasurable at herself immediately after being left bloodied through the Blues’ Womens Champions League victory over Lyon on Thursday.
Emma Hayes’ side arrived out victors on penalties to seal their spot in the WCL semi-finals just after a extraordinary late strike took the recreation to a shoot-out.
The Blues remaining every little thing on the pitch, as was clear when Leupolz was left with blood all over her deal with subsequent a terrible clash of heads.
Taking to Instagram soon after the game the midfielder made light-weight of the clash of heads as she wrote: ‘At the very least the color of my nails are fitting!’
The horrendous facial injury was following a clash with Lyon’s Danielle van de Donk and intended that Leupolz was compelled off in the 2nd half.
Melanie Leupolz obtained treatment method just after a clash of heads with Danielle van de Donk
Leupolz was then replaced by Sophie Ingle as Chelsea went on to earn the match on penalties
Leupolz took to Instagram to joke about the incident as she experienced a critical head collision
There was controversy as the midfielder fell to the floor at Stamford Bridge, but the match officials refused to quit the match irrespective of the head personal injury.
In spite of receiving treatment, Leupolz’s nose did not quit pouring with blood and resulted in Sophie Ingle replacing her.
The Blues managed to appear out on top in her absence, with Ann-Katrin Berger, the Chelsea goalkeeper, the hero of the shoot-out after conserving two penalties to see her facet into the following spherical.
Talking soon after the match, head mentor Hayes reviewed the relevance of the shot-stopper.
Emma Hayes led her aspect to victory in front of a substantial crowd at Stamford Bridge
She claimed: ‘She’s somebody who thrives in massive moments.
‘She’s completed that her complete occupation. She’s most likely the most effective penalty saving goalkeeper I’ve at any time worked with so I felt definitely self-assured likely into the penalty shootout, even if I did not search it.
‘Every working day [in training] every person usually hates heading up towards her. I felt this was her instant just after anything she has absent as a result of.’
Chelsea will be hoping that they can make it to the ultimate as they deal with Barcelona in the very last-4 of the competitors following the dramatic get.
