Arsenal have taken an enormous step in the direction of progressing to the quarterfinals of the Champions League with Caitlin Foord persevering with her goalscoring kind within the premier ladies’s membership competitors.
The striker, considered one of three Matildas within the Gunners’ squad, performed the proper angled move to Frida Maanum for Arsenal’s opening purpose.
She then completed off a formidable 4-0 win at Juventus, arriving to satisfy a low cross from Australian teammate Kyra Cooney-Cross within the 87th minute.
That was her sixth purpose this season within the European marketing campaign.
With each side having misplaced to German giants Bayern Munich and crushed Norwegian minnows Valerenga, this had rapidly formed up as the important thing fixture in Group C.
Arsenal withstood early strain earlier than regularly taking management, being rewarded when Foord slipped in Maanum for the opener after 38 minutes after a neat build-up.
In addition to Foord, Stina Blackstenius and Mariona Caldentey additionally scored within the closing quarter-hour to safe a victory in Biella, 80km north-east of their opponents’ conventional Turin base.
Together with Foord and Cooney-Cross, who got here on as a late substitute, Steph Catley additionally performed for the WSL aspect.
The consequence moved the Gunners momentarily stage with Bayern, who beat Valerenga 3-0 afterward Tuesday night time to return to the highest of Group C, however extra crucially three factors forward of Juventus, who’ve but to go to London.
In Group D, two-time defending champions Barcelona beat St. Poelten of Austria 7-0 to attract stage with Manchester Metropolis forward of the English membership’s dwelling match with Sweden’s Hammarby.
Nevertheless Metropolis, who had two extra Matildas in Mary Fowler and Alanna Kennedy of their beginning XI, re-established their three-point benefit with a 2-0 victory over the Swedes.
Fowler supplied the help for Metropolis’s opening purpose, scored by English midfielder Laura Blindkilde Brown simply after half-time, earlier than Japanese striker Aoba Fujino made positive of the win to take care of Metropolis’s unbeaten begin.
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