Firenze Femminile vs Arsenal Women
Women’s Champions League Round of 32
6:00pm Thursday 12th September
San Marcellino
Manchester City and Arsenal equally created persuasive starts for their Women’s Champions League attempts with powerful victories away from home.
Manchester City and Arsenal equally made starts with powerful victories away from your home for their Women’s Champions League attempts.
City thrashed facet Lugano 7-1 at the first leg of their round-of- 32 tie while Arsenal slipped to a 4-0 victory at Fiorentina.
City dominated at the Cornaredo Stadium but were unexpectedly being held 1-1 at the interval.
Kaela Lee Dickerman equalised against the run of play before the break although they even took the lead via Georgia Stanway and hit the woodwork.
Aoife Mannion revived City’s direct from the penalty spot and the people took firm management using a Pauline Bremer double that was well-taken check.
Three more goals came in the last seven minutes both sides of a Janine Beckie campaign, on target twice together with Caroline Weir.
Arsenal were also in fine goalscoring form in the Stadio Artemio Franchi, where they played their very first fixture that is European in over five years.
Vivianne Miedema put up Kim Little to double the lead and opened the scoring.
Miedema pounced on a weak backpass to claim her moment and Lisa Evans finished the scoring with a strong volley.