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alessia russoscored a second half brace armory Came back from 2-1 and won real Madrid in the Women’s Champions League, but Manchester United Points dropped for the first time in a 5-2 defeat. wolfsburg,
The Gunners had several chances during the first half but Caroline Weir sent the visitors ahead shortly after half-time with a superb volley.
Russo starred for Arsenal after the break, scoring two goals, helping the defending champions bounce back from last week’s defeat to Bayern Munich.
Chloe Kelly sent a dangerous corner into the box in the opening minutes, but the ball was cleared by Frieda Mannam and moments later Weir had a chance to stop at the opposite end.
Olivia Smith sent an effort over the bar as Arsenal pushed for the opener and Misa Rodriguez parried Manam’s effort.
Emily Fox made a solid block to divert Athens’ strike into a corner and despite their solid start, Arsenal fell behind in the 43rd minute after Weir’s superb strike.
A curling free-kick was sent into the path of the Scotland international just inside the box by Steph Catley and she fired past Daphne van Domselaer on the volley.
Sarah Dabritz’s effort was blocked after the break, but Arsenal equalized in the 53rd minute when Kelly’s cross was headed wide by Rodríguez from Russo.
Rodriguez took the lead from Smith before Arsenal took the lead in the 67th minute when Beth Mead launched a corner to Russo hidden on the edge of the six-yard area and the striker fired a powerful header into the net.
Rousseau was constantly causing problems and was flagged for offside twice after coming into promising positions.
Alba Redondo headed over for Real in the closing stages, but his effort was blocked by Van Domselaer and Arsenal won.
However, Manchester United suffered a shock defeat, with boss Mark Skinner saying that his team had been “punished” by Wolfsburg.
Fridolina Rolfo put United ahead early in a thrilling game, but the hosts turned the game around through a brace from Ella Pedmores and the first half ended in chaotic fashion, with Lyneth Bierenstein and Melvin Mallard both scoring.
Birenstain scored his second after the break and Vivian Enderman’s stoppage-time strike ensured United’s three-game winning streak in the competition ended.
After the first defeat in the competition, Skinner told MUTV: “The manager and experience in me looks at the fact that they had six shots on target and scored five.
“It’s part and parcel of the game, you have to understand it. I don’t think it was a 5-2 game, I think we gave them about three or four of those goals.
“It’s on us as a collective. We’ll learn from it, it’ll help our young team going forward. We’ve been excellent so far in this competition. We played a team tonight that punished us.”
“They haven’t done anything special, they are a straightforward team and so we have to be better at controlling the game. We made some mistakes tonight that we have to correct and make sure we don’t do that again.”
Elsewhere on a dramatic European night Lyon snatched a 3-3 draw at Juventus after trailing 3-0 at half-time.
Goals from Chiara Beccari, Michela Cambiaghi and Tatiana Pinto kept Juve in control at the break, but Tabitha Chavinga scored a goal and Marie-Antoinette Catotto’s header made it 3–2.
Lyon were awarded a penalty in the 89th minute after Cecilia Salvai was tackled and Wendy Renard took the spot-kick.
Goals from Malin Mendy and Malé Garbino gave Paris FC a 2–0 win over Benfica, who had Caroline Möller sent off in the first half, while Vålerenga earned a 2–2 draw at home to St. Pölten.
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