Man City Women thrash Paris FC, Gunners go down to single goal

Paris FC v Manchester City - UEFA Women's Champions League 2nd Round 1st Leg
Jess Park of Manchester City celebrates scoring her team’s second goal with teammate Laia Aleixandri. (Photo by Franco Arland/Getty Images)

Manchester City won 5-0 at Paris FC but Arsenal lost 1-0 at BK Hacken in the UEFA Women’s Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round 1st leg ties.

Champions Path

ZNK Osijek 1-4 FC Twente
Hammarby IF 1-2 SL Benfica
Roma 3-1 Servette
Anderlecht 1-2 Vålerenga

Roma’s Evelyne Viens bagged a late brace as they won their home leg with Servette 3-1, FC Twente scored three second-half goals for a 4-1 win at Osijek. Vålerenga were pegged back to 2-1 at Anderlecht but that is how the score remained, despite being reduced to ten by a first-half dismissal. Benfica came from behind to win by the same score at Hammarby.

Thursday 19 September – St Polten v ZNK Mura, Galatasaray v Slavia Praha

Sunday 22 September – Vorskla Poltava v Celtic

League Path

Paris FC 0-5 Manchester City
BK Hacken 1-0 Arsenal
Juventus 3-1 Paris Saint-Germain
Fiorentina 0-7 Wolfsburg

Paris FC v Manchester City - UEFA Women's Champions League 2nd Round 1st Leg
Mary Fowler of Manchester City shoots under pressure from Daphne Corboz and Clara Mateo of Paris FC. (Photo by Franco Arland/Getty Images)

Manchester City struck twice in a three-minute spell late in the first half at Paris FC, Vivianne Miedema volleyed in a Jess Park effort, with Park herself adding the second. City were four up before the hour mark, Mary Fowler finding the net and park with her second. Chloe kelly came off the bench to add a late fifth.

Arsenal were left to rue missed chances after a narrow defeat in Hacken, where Tabitha Tindell collected a ball over the top to finish past Manuela Zinsberger in the last quarter of an hour. Alessia Russo failed to take a couple of good opportunities for the Gunners and Frida Maanum was denied in the latter stages by the crossbar and good save from Jennifer Falk.

Wolfsburg sank Fiorentina 7-0 as Alexandra Popp hit a hat-trick in an 18-minute spell straddling the interval and Svenja Huth contributed four assists. Juventus sent PSG to a 3-1 defeat, with former Everton player Hanna Bennison scoring their third goal.

Thursday 19 September – Sporting Lisbon v Real Madrid

Return legs are on 25/26 September.

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