Manchester City 2-0 Chelsea, UEFA Women's Champions League: Miedema Brace Hands Bompastor First Defeat

Vivianne Miedema played the role of super-sub by scoring twice to help Manchester City to a 2-0 win over Chelsea in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final. (More Football News)

The result also saw Chelsea's incredible 31-game unbeaten run come to an end, while it was also the first defeat a Sonia Bompastor since she took charge of the Blues. 

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Nick Cushing's side continued to push for the opening goal without reward in the first half, with the interim City boss turning to his bench for inspiration at half-time.바카라 웹사이트

Miedema, on to replace바카라 웹사이트Lily Murphy at the break, made an instant impact and put City ahead on the hour.바카라 웹사이트

Following a teasing corner, Hampton produced a wonderful save to tip the ball onto the crossbar, only for Miedema to smash home the rebound into the roof of the net.바카라 웹사이트

Chelsea offered little in the attacking third, but went agonisingly close to levelling the game late on when바카라 웹사이트Johanna Rytting Kaneryd's strike from a tight angle rattled the crossbar,바카라 웹사이트before Wieke Kaptein's effort바카라 웹사이트was pushed away by goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita.바카라 웹사이트

But, with two minutes remaining,바카라 웹사이트Miedema grabbed her second of the contest with another fine finish, letting the ball run across her body before placing the ball beyond the grasp of Hampton to seal an impressive first-leg triumph.바카라 웹사이트

It leaves Chelsea with바카라 웹사이트work to do in next week's second leg at Stamford Bridge as they continue their quest to win four trophies this season.

Data Debrief: The streak is over

Heading into the game on Wednesday, Chelsea knew that avoiding defeat would set a new record for the longest ever unbeaten streak by a Women's Super League바카라 웹사이트team across all competitions, but they were comfortably second best against City in the encounter.바카라 웹사이트

Though only ending the contest with an expected goals (xG) of 0.94 to Chelsea's 1.08, the Citizens looked assured in possession and limited their opponents to very little throughout, something Bompastor has yet to navigate in her tenure thus far.바카라 웹사이트

But City were helped by the introduction of Miedema, who took the game by the scruff of its neck to drag her side to victory. She ended the contest with team-high totals for shots on target (three) and touches in the opposition box (six).바카라 웹사이트

The result also saw Cushing exact some revenge from their League Cup final defeat, with the two sides having won one game each as they prepare for their third consecutive meeting, this time in the WSL, on Sunday.바카라 웹사이트