CBS Sports used an all-female panel to present its coverage of the Champions League coverage last night.

The American television network packed its studio out with female expert voices on football, including presenter Kate Abdo.

She was joined by former players Kaylyn Kyle, Eni Aluko and Lianne Sanderson as guests, with referee Christina Unkel as the studio’s "rules expert".

Jenny Chu and Jules Breach, a regular feature on BT Sport Score, were presenting pitchside, while Robyn Cowen and Karen Carney commentated on Chelsea’s 2-1 victory over Lille.

Pien Meulensteen and Lucy Ward were the commentators as Juventus were thrashed 3-0 by Villarreal.

"Well this is a special Champions League day for CBS Sports and for Paramount plus,” Abdo said as she introduced the panel.

"Football is a diverse sport but it's a sport where women have long had to fight to prove that our voices belong.

"And a show like today chooses to celebrate our voices on a Champions League knockout night, and players and analysts and commentators, reporters and referees of this level deserve this level of platform representing tonight for CBS and for women, all around the world."

Female presenters, pundits and commentators are becoming increasingly commonplace in football, but an all-female panel is very rarely seen.

Sanderson, a former Arsenal, Chelsea and Juventus player who won 50 caps for England, shared her delight at the historic evening on Twitter.

“Tonight we made history, this has never been done before,” she wrote. “All female line up in all areas and I’m absolutely here for it. We ain’t going nowhere.”

CBS Sports coverage of the Champions League has always proved to be popular, even across the pond in England.

Abdo is normally joined by Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher, Micah Richards and Alex Scott, with the group often producing moments of hilarity which then go viral on social media.

Now, CBS Sports coverage is gaining widespread praise again, but this time for giving a voice to women in football in the best possible way.