Chelsea rallied from a purpose all the way down to see off a spirited Celtic group 2-1 within the Ladies’s Champions League, sustaining their excellent begin to life underneath Sonia Bompastor.
Bompastor had led the Blues to 6 straight wins within the Ladies’s Tremendous League and masterminded triumphs over Actual Madrid and Twente in Europe.
Nevertheless, her excellent report got here underneath severe menace in Glasgow, the place competitors debutants Celtic led by Murphy Agnew ‘s Twenty second-minute purpose.
She capped a lightning counter by racing in behind earlier than slotting into the bottom-left nook, scoring Celtic’s first purpose within the Ladies’s Champions League.
Nevertheless, their lead lasted simply six minutes as Maika Hamano swept house Aggie Beever-Jones’ cutback for the equaliser, then Ashley Lawrence powered house a rebound within the thirty second minute to finish a speedy turnaround.
Beever-Jones was dismissed after amassing her second yellow card in stoppage time, nevertheless it didn’t matter to Chelsea as they made it 12 straight wins in all competitions.
They’re now three factors away from Actual Madrid on the high of Group B, after the Spanish giants routed Twente 7-0 earlier on Wednesday.
In Group A, Bompastor’s former membership Lyon posted a powerful 3-0 win at Roma to maneuver three factors away from the Giallorosse.
Melchie Dumornay scored twice earlier than half-time to place the French champions within the ascendency, then Vanessa Gilles reacted quickest to a right-wing nook to prod house their third seven minutes into the second half.
With three wins from as many matches, Lyon are three factors away from Roma and 6 forward of Wolfsburg, who managed a 5-0 win over Galatasaray on Wednesday.
