Barça beat Hayes' Chelsea to reach UWCL final

Barcelona booked their spot in May's Women's Champions League final as they overcame a 1-0 deficit from the first leg to beat 10-woman Chelsea 2-0 in front of a sold-out Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

Chelsea's defeat ensures that the Champions League will remain the one trophy that eludes Emma Hayes as she leaves the club to coach the United States women's national team at the end of the season.

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The Catalan side, who have won the Champions League twice in the last three years, went ahead in the 26th minute when Ballon d'Or winner Aitana Bonmatí found space on the edge of the box and sidestepped Niamh Charles. Her shot took a deflection off Kadeisha Buchanan into the net.

The hosts were left to rue a number of missed opportunitites as Lauren James failed to convert from Sjoeke Nüsken's pass across goal before the Germany midfielder hit the post in the second half with an effort of her own.

Chelsea were reduced to 10 women moments before the hour mark when Buchanan was controversially shown a second yellow card for tackle on Patri Guijarro when it looked as if she may have won the ball fairly.

VAR was in operation at Stamford Bridge but was only able to intervene with direct red card offences.

It didn't take Barça long to make their woman advantage count as Bonmatí went over in the box after a coming together with Jess Carter and Ashley Lawrence.

Fridolina Rolfö made no mistake with her penalty as she sent Hannah Hampton the wrong way from the spot to secure Barça's safe passage to the final in Bilbao where they will face either Lyon or Paris Saint-Germain who play their semifinal on Sunday.

Information from Reuters contributed to this report