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Lyon and Barcelona both maintained their perfect records on Wednesday while Arsenal also gained a useful win and Häcken record first win under new manager.

Alexia Putellas scored two goals as defending Champions, FC Barcelona Femeni defeated TSG Hoffenheim of Germany 4-0 to make it four straight wins in the group stage of the 2021/22 UEFA Women’s Champions League.

Jenifer Hermoso opened the scoring five (5) minutes into the game. Alexia Putellas doubled FC Barcelona’s lead in the 19th minute before making it 3-0 from Mapi Leon’s assist in the 33rd minute, then assisted Marta Torrejon who converted the fourth goal in the 74th minute.

FC Barcelona with a maximum of nine points from three games seats at the top of Group C ahead of Arsenal, Hoffenheim, and Køge.

The 2006/07 winners, Arsenal put in a dominant performance to move three points clear of third-placed Hoffenheim.

With nothing to separate the two sides at 15 minutes, Kaylan Marckese saved Nikita Parris’s penalty before Steph Catley’s fine free-kick broke the deadlock in the 27th minute.

Second half resumed with Parris doubling Arsenal’s lead in the 62nd minute and Caitlin Foord extended the lead six minutes later.

Three minutes later, Maddie Pokorny pulled one back with a rare foray forward from the home team, producing a crisp finish for the Danish side’s first group goal. However, substitute Anna Patten restored the lead margin in the 85th minute before captain Jordan Nobbs rounded up the scoring four minutes later.

Häcken earned their first win with Robert Vilahamn taking the helm for his UWCL debut in the Häcken’s dug out following the departure of Mats Gren on 22 October.

A late penalty from Elin Rubensson was enough to get Häcken off the mark in the group and move them to within a point of second-placed Bayern. Benfica – who held Bayern in their opening game but are yet to register a goal in the group – hit the post through Francisca Nazareth but when substitute Stine Larsen went down, Rubensson drove in off the post.

Lyon saw off German opposition on Wednesday to maintain their perfect records in their UEFA Women’s Champions League groups.

The seven-time champions came from behind to end Bayern’s unbeaten start. On the 25th minute, Kadeisha Buchanan slotted into the back of her net to give Bayern the lead at halftime. Janice Cayman had slotted the hosts level five minutes after the break before Amandine Henry’s expert 86th-minute header sent Lyon five points clear of their visitors.

Rivers Angels head coach, Edwin Okon has attributed his team’s defeat to Mamelodi Sundown Ladies to missed chances while also blaming the officiating.

The Nigeria side suffered a 1-0 loss to Sundowns in the second group game played on Tuesday which dropped the team to the bottom of the table with no point.

While reacting to the outcome of the match, Okon said despite having most of the ball they failed to convert their chances.

“Yes, we were better with the ball but we missed chances and we paid for it. The officiating did not help too, that was never a goal but there’s nothing we can do about it.”

The Nigeria champions will confront Vihiga Queens of Kenya on Friday and an outright win, coupled with a huge number of goals is required for them to progress.

“We will approach the match as we normally approach other games and if the qualification comes we will take it,” he added.

According to L’équipe, Paris Saint Germain and France midfielder Aminata Diallo is in police custody on allegations of attempting to eliminate one of her teammates.

The 26-years-old midfielder was arrested on Wednesday morning. She allegedly hired masked men to injure France and PSG teammate Kheira Hamraoui and remove her from competition for playing time.

Someone close to Hamraoui explains that she was on her way back from a club event, accompanied by two teammates. She had been near her home and sitting in a car with Diallo at the wheel, when two masked individuals appeared, one of whom dragged her out of the car. The attacker then struck her with an iron bar multiple times on the legs for several minutes, before escaping.

The former Barcelona player, who returned to PSG this summer, was then taken to hospital and emerged with various stitches on her legs and hands, according to the same source. As a result, Hamraoui was unable to play in yesterday’s Champions League tie against Real Madrid, which would have been her 100th appearance with the club.

One observer notes that as nothing was robbed from either of the two players, and that Hamraoui’s legs were being targeted, a scenario involving a potential internal rivalry at PSG is being explored.

PSG released a statement condemning any form of violence.

https://www.psg.fr/equipes/the-club/content/declaration-du-club

Since Thursday evening the Club has taken all necessary measures to guarantee the health, well-being and safety of its entire women’s team.

Paris Saint-Germain is working with the Versailles Police to clarify the facts. The Club is paying close attention to the progress of the proceedings and will study what action to take.

Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea were the big winners in Tuesday’s UEFA Women’s Champions League group action while Juventus had a late equaliser to celebrate against Wolfsburg.

Last season’s runners-up, Chelsea women take a trip down to Switzerland for a game against Servette.

Melanie Leupolz opened the scoring in the 8th minute before the Kerrby show ended with four goals in 11 minutes – Fran Kirby scored the second goal of the night in the 16th minute, Sam Kerr scored the third and fourth in the 18th and 20th respectively before Kirby added another six minutes later –Jessie Fleming netted the sixth before the break from a tight angle. Guro Reiten finished the demolition as she struck early in the second half. Maren Mjelde came off the bench for Chelsea after nearly eight months out injured.

Jade Boho played 89 minutes of the game before being replaced by Alyssa Grivaz. The Equatorial Guinean forward was unable to savage the day for her Servette FCCF side.

Servette are still without a point or a goal in the group as they suffered a heavy defeat infront of a record 12,782 crowd, the biggest ever for a women’s football match in Switzerland.

Cristiana Girelli brace helped secured a point for Juventus. It took 22 minutes for the home side to final break the deadlock through Girelli who took Juve’s first chance. The visitors had the better of play, an effort that paid off 3 minutes later as Lena Lattwein instantly replied with a long-range screamer. Tabea Wassmuth gave the visitors the lead after the interval in the 65th minute, with her competition-leading fifth goal of the group stage.

In the 89th minute, Wolfsburg, Felicitas Rauch received a second yellow card and Juventus took advantage of their one-player down through Girelli who equalised in added time to delight a 12,789 crowd at Juventus Stadium, venue for May’s final.

Paris Saint-Germain showed superiority in front of 18,344 crowd, when they welcomed debutant Real Madrid to a 4-0 win at the Parc des Princes. Marie-Antoinette Katoto’s neat finish broke the deadlock in the 13th minute before Sara Däbritz doubled the lead before halftime. Katoto then added another nine minutes after the break with a clinical header from Däbritz cross and Rocío Gálvez’s own goal made it four in the 65th.

Both teams were without defeat before this game as Real Madrid will look to bounce back when they welcome PSG on November 18.

Kharkiv vs Breidablik ended in a goalless draw as both teams earned their first points in the section and were unable to conjure up their debut goals of this autumn campaign. Kharkiv came closest to making the breakthrough just before the hour mark when Lyubov Shmatko, from around five metres out, connected with Birgül Sadıkoğlu’s header but was unable to generate the power to beat Telma Ívarsdóttir, who saved low down to her left.