Latest
Noskova beats Gauff to seal WTA Finals semi-final placeFujino double lifts City to first European win as Chelsea draw at Häcken
Subscribe free

Worldwide / The story

Fujino double lifts City to first European win as Chelsea draw at Häcken

iSport UK NewsroomWorldwideNews
AI-generated illustration of an unbranded football beside a goal net on an empty floodlit pitch.

AI-generated illustration.

Manchester City earned their first win of this season’s Women’s Champions League with a 4–1 comeback victory at Inter on Tuesday, 10 November. Aoba Fujino scored twice before half-time, while Chelsea were held to a goalless draw at Häcken.

Elisa Bartoli’s header put Inter ahead in Monza, but Fujino overturned the deficit before the interval. Her second goal followed a pass from Jade Rose as City took a 2–1 advantage into the break.

Kerstin Casparij extended the lead in the second half and Grace Clinton added the fourth, scoring her first goal in the competition. UEFA named Laura Blindkilde Brown player of the match.

City had drawn their opening three league-phase games. The victory lifted them to six points and seventh place after Tuesday’s fixtures, while Inter remained on four points.

In Gothenburg, Häcken goalkeeper Jennifer Falk was named player of the match after helping deny Chelsea a breakthrough. The visitors twice hit the crossbar, through Lucy Bronze and substitute Maika Hamano, and had efforts from Wieke Kaptein and Melvine Malard disallowed for handball and offside respectively.

Chelsea also needed their own goalkeeper, Livia Peng, to keep the hosts out on the counterattack. Her saves helped preserve the London club’s fourth successive clean sheet in the competition.

The draw leaves Chelsea unbeaten on eight points, third after Tuesday’s games. Bayern Munich moved above them on goal difference by beating Paris Saint-Germain 2–1, with further league-phase fixtures still to be played this week.

The two English clubs now turn to a domestic meeting at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, 14 November. Chelsea host City in a top-of-the-table Women’s Super League fixture before their European campaigns resume.

Sources

Keep reading