Pernille Tougher’s hat-trick handed Bayern Munich a successful begin to their Ladies’s Champions League marketing campaign, beating Arsenal 5-2 in Group C.
Tougher, who scored 24 occasions in 48 appearances for Arsenal’s London rivals Chelsea, as soon as once more haunted the Gunners, putting her first objectives within the competitors in nearly two years.
After three video games within the Ladies’s Tremendous League, Arsenal sit sixth, having gained as soon as and drawn twice, with the most recent defeat piling extra strain on head coach Jonas Eidevall.
The Gunners began brightly on the FC Bayern Campus and took the lead within the thirtieth minute when Katie McCabe’s supply was swept house by Mariona Caldentey.
Nonetheless, the hosts drew stage two minutes earlier than the break when Georgia Stanway’s looking ball picked out the top of captain Glodis Viggosdottir, who towered over her marker to loop the ball past Manuela Zinsberger.
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Bayern then took the lead within the 56th minute as a quick break noticed Sydney Lohmann end on the close to put up, just for Eidevall’s aspect to reply 9 minutes later when McCabe’s nook was headed house by Laia Codina.
However the German champions discovered themselves again in entrance quickly after with a nook routine of their very own, with Tougher netting her first of the encounter with a header from Carolin Simon’s cross.
The Dane then notched her second with one other well-taken header, earlier than sealing her treble with an effort from shut vary, regardless of the most effective efforts of Zinsberger.
Tougher recorded a staggering 1.59 anticipated objectives (xG) tally of 1.59 to Bayern’s 1.89 whole, as Arsenal had been left to rue wasted alternatives, with six of their 9 pictures heading in the right direction, however unable to hassle Maria Grohs for essentially the most half.
Elsewhere within the different early kick-off, Hammarby recorded a historic 2-0 victory over Austrian aspect St. Polten on the Tele2 Area for his or her first triumph within the group stage of the competitors.
Vilde Hasund handed the hosts an early lead within the 18th minute with a brilliantly taken end, putting the ball low into the underside nook following Ellen Wangerheim’s lay-off.
The victory was sealed two minutes from time by substitute Cathinka Tandberg, who took a contact and positioned the ball past Carina Schluter to place Hammarby prime of Group D forward of Manchester Metropolis’s star-studded conflict with Barcelona.
