Arsenal, Manchester City and Bayern Munich advanced to the Champions League quarterfinals on Thursday with two games to spare.
Lina Hurtig, who came on as a late substitute, scored the goal in Arsenal’s 1-0 victory over Juventus in London.
Meanwhile, Khadija Shaw scored twice for City in a 2-1 victory against Hammarby of Sweden. With this result, City remains perfect in Group D with four wins and will play in the quarterfinals for the first time since 2021.
Bayern Munich drew 1-1 against Vålerenga of Norway, but that was enough to earn them a place in the quarterfinals after Juve’s defeat.
Arsenal, Bayern and City join Chelsea, Lyon and Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.
Two-time defending champions Barcelona beat Austrian champions St. Pölten 4-1. The Catalan club is three points behind City in its group and remains in a position to advance. Bayern leads Group C with 10 points and Arsenal has nine, followed by Juventus (3) and Vålerenga (1).
Man City returned to winning ways after their first defeat of the season, suffered 2-0 on Saturday against Chelsea in the Women’s Super League.
In the absence of injured star Vivianne Miedema, Shaw took charge and made her goal-scoring instinct clear after half an hour. Ellen Wangerheim equalized shortly after half-time to give the home fans some respite, but Shaw scored again to restore the lead a few minutes later.
They contain Bayern
Bayern dominated possession, but did not translate their dominance into goals until the 75th minute. With a goal from substitute Jovana Damnjanović the visitors took the lead.
The Norwegians, who retained the national title, equalized 13 minutes later with a header from Elise Thorsnes after a corner.
Hurtig’s night
Hurtig came on with 10 minutes left and immediately made his presence felt with several headers. He finally gave Arsenal the lead with a minute left.
Hurtig won the Italian title with Juventus in 2021 and 2022 before joining the Gunners.
Juventus appeared to learn a lesson from their 4-0 defeat to Arsenal last week as their defense held firm until Hurtig’s arrival.
Putellas scores his 200th goal with Barcelona
In a span of 11 minutes in the first half, Francisca Nazareth scored twice and 18-year-old Vicky Lopez scored once to put Barcelona in control.
Alexia Putellas made it 4-0 in the second half, finishing a quick attack that tore the defense in Vienna. Putellas reached 200 goals with Barça, who has 100 goals in the Champions League
18-year-old forward Valentina Mädl scored a consolation goal for the hosts.
Barcelona has scored 20 goals in its last three games and can still become the first club to win its group since the current format was introduced four years ago.
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This story was translated from English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.
2024-11-22 00:38:00