Advantage Chelsea

Kelly Cates is joined by Crystal Palace forward Andros Townsend, former Crystal Palace striker Clinton Morrison and senior football reporter Ian Dennis to analyse Chelsea’s 1-1 draw away at Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final first leg. The team review the performance of key players Christian Pulisic and N’Golo Kante and discuss whether they are now favourites to make it through to the final. Spanish football expert Pete Jenson joins the pod to weigh-in on whether Karim Benzema is one of Europe’s most underrated strikers? Correspondent John Murray and French football expert Julien Laurens look ahead to Wednesday night’s semi-final – the eagerly anticipated clash between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City. TOPICS: 1’00” – Ian Dennis describes the story of the match 2’00” – Are Chelsea now favourites for the second leg? 3’20” – Timo Werner’s golden opportunity to score 5’00” – Christian Pulisic’s fantastic performance 7’00” – The control of N’Golo Kante 8’20” – Will missed opportunities haunt Chelsea? 11’00” – Real Madrid’s lack of quality chances 13’00” – Is Karim Benzema underrated? 15‘00“ – What Real Madrid need to do in the second leg 19’40” – Interview with Thomas Tuchel 21’00” – Chelsea’s fixture list pile-up 25’00” – Arsenal’s owners’ statement 26’30” – Preview of PSG v Manchester City 27’20” – Interview with Pep Guardiola 29’30” – Manchester City’s tactics ahead of the game 32’00” – How Man City will control the ball 37’00” – Julien Laurens on the PSG point of view 41’00” – Julian Nagelsmann named as new Bayern Munich manager