PARIS, FRANCE
\nGoals from Ellie Carpenter and Kadeisha Buchanan were enough to give Chelsea their second win in this season\u2019s Women\u2019s Champions League on Wednesday to join Arsenal and Lyon at the top of the table. Bayern Munich came from two goals down to draw with Real Madrid while Servette thrashed OH Leuven 5-1.
\nChelsea, who reached the final in 2020-21, opened their campaign with a win and a draw despite scoring just once in their first two games. They looked nailed on for another win in the first half at Plough Lane as they dominated the game without getting a goal.
\nThat changed in the 51st minute when Wieke Kaptein cut the ball back for substitute Carpenter, making her 50th Champions League appearance, who slid the ball under the goalkeeper Rachele Baldi.
\nMelvine Malard missed a golden chance to put the game to bed but Buchanan made it 2-0 a minute from time, heading Kaptein\u2019s cross into the Roma net. \u201cI\u2019m pleased with the fact we scored really early in the second half. We could probably have killed the game a little bit earlier,\u201d said Chelsea coach Sonia Bompastor.
\n\u201cIn these kinds of matches, if you don\u2019t kill it off, you just leave the hope for the opponent. When that\u2019s the case, they have a lot of energy and confidence. \u201cIt\u2019s important for us in these games to be able to be clinical and ruthless as early as possible.
\n\u201cBut we find different ways to impose ourselves in the game and to score goals. So it\u2019s good.\u201d
\nChelsea move to seven points after matchday three, behind Lyon and Arsenal on goal difference. Champions Barcelona, who have six points after winning both of their opening games, will return to the top if they beat HB Koge in Denmark on Thursday. Marie-Antoinette Katoto scored the first two before Vicki Becho chimed in with a hat-trick off the bench in eight-time winners Lyon\u2019s 5-0 home thrashing of Inter Milan.
\nArsenal got their campaign up and running with a 3-0 win over Benfica, Alessia Russo netting a hat-trick to become the highest scoring English player in European football with 23 goals. \u201cI love playing in the Champions League and I love scoring goals,\u201d Russo told UEFA. \u201cIt was really good to get the win. To score a hat-trick is really special. \u201cWe knew they were going to be tough. We were patient. It was a good night, lots of attacking football and really nice to get the win.\u201d
\nThere was a moment\u2019s silence before kick-off at the Sportpark Unterhaching in Munich as a mark of respect after at least 68 people were killed in a train crash near Madrid earlier on Wednesday.
\nReal Madrid, who were all wearing black armbands, took an early lead when Athenea found the net in the seventh minute.
\nFormer Bayern forward Lineth Beerensteyn doubled the lead 15 minutes later before her old team fought back with an Edna Imade header just after the half-hour. Momoko Tanikawa equalized in the 52nd minute with a curling shot from the edge of the box and it finished 2-2. Swiss side Servette dispatched Belgium\u2019s Leuven 5-1 with Paola Hernandez and Gloria Marinelli scoring two goals each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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