Arsenal Women 1-0 Man City Women: Stina Blackstenius nets extra-time winner to seal Continental Cup final spot

Stina Blackstenius came off the bench to score the extra-time winner as Arsenal reached the Continental Cup final with victory over holders Manchester City.

After a goalless 90 minutes, the Sweden international finished off a smart move to wrap up a deserved 1-0 win at Meadow Park.

Jonas Eidevall's side will now face either West Ham or Chelsea in the final at Selhurst Park on March 5.

Laura Wienroither missed a one-on-one for Arsenal as Sandy MacIver made a smart save, while Women's Euros heroine Chloe Kelly was denied by Sabrina D'Angelo at the other end.

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The closest either side came to breaking the deadlock in regulation time was Lina Hurtig hitting the crossbar from close range.

Arsenal built up a head of steam in the closing stages of normal time but a mixture of profligate finishing - especially a poor header from Hurtig - and a couple of smart saves took the game into extra time.

The hosts finally found a breakthrough just three minutes into the extra period as a Hurtig cross was bundled home by Blackstenius, who has seen the goalscoring onus fall on her shoulders following serious knee injuries to both Beth Mead and Vivianne Miedema.

Arsenal will now be hoping for a similar result when the two teams meet again in the Women's Super League on Saturday morning.

Eidevall: I know Blackstenius will score lots of goals

Arsenal's Jonas Eidevall: "When you look at Stina's shots today and look at how central those shots are, that shows she was working well in her position.

"We came into a phase where Stina was working a bit too much outside on the flanks and she had a couple of games where she didn't get the goal-scoring opportunities either.

"I know Stina will score a lot of goals, it has been a matter of getting her more central, in front of goal, trust more that the ball will go there and not going too early.

"You see today she had four or five really good opportunities, she is working really, really well on that. People don't realise that at West Ham because they are focusing on different things but I see that."

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