Alessia Russo Stars as Arsenal Women See Off Benfica

Alessia Russo scored a hat-trick for Arsenal Women as they went second in the UWCL table, while Chelsea are third after beating Roma.

League Stage
Bayern Munich 2-2 Real Madrid (Att: 6,239)
Chelsea 2-0 Roma (Att: 2,510)
Servette Chênois 5-1 OH Leuven (Att: 3,456)
Arsenal 3-0 Benfica
OL Lyonnes 6-0 Inter Milan

Arsenal went second in the table on goal difference with a 3-0 defeat of Benfica.

Arsenal survived giving Benfica a huge chance before Caitlin Foord flicked the ball on for Alessia Russo to strike into the far corner late in the first half.

Russo scored again after the hour mark with a header from Steph Catley’s corner and rounded off her hat-trick from the spot after Foord was taken down in the area.

Chelsea also moved to seven points from their three games with a 2-0 victory over Roma.

Half-time substitute Ellie Carpenter took less than six minutes to make the breakthrough for Chelsea against Roma, going on a strong run and exchanging passes with Wieke Kaptein before squeezing a shot under goalkeeper Rachele Baldi.

It was the 89th minute before the points were made safe, as Kadeisha Buchanan headed home a cross with Kaptein again claiming the assist.

OL Lyonnais are on top goal difference after a 6-0 result over Inter Milan.

Marie-Antoinette Katotoboth both first-half goals for Lyon, Lily Yohannes scored their third before Vicki Becho hit a hat-trick.

Bayern Munich had to come from two goals down to draw 2-2 with visitors Real Madrid.

Goals from Athenea del Castillo and Lineth Beerensteyn were cancelled out by Edna Imade and Momoko Tanikawa.

The result was Madrid’s third consecutive draw in the competition.

Servette Chênois secured their first points of the league phase with a 5-1 win over OH Leuven, helped by doubles from Paola Hernández and Gloria Marinelli.

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