New Australian signings Steph Catley and Caitlin Foord make the bench. Nadia Nadim's corner comes bending out to the near post, and the top scorer in the French top flight, Marie-Antoinette Katoto, ghosts past Leah Williamson to divert a sumptuous volley beyond the flat-footed Manuela Zinsberger. The Chilean goalkeeper, Christiane Endler, is one of the best shot-stoppers in the world. Fan's kit hub - win a bruised banana shirt! 75 Drayton Park Kadidiatou Diani has PSG away on the break and plays through the opening goalscorer Marie-Antoinette Kototo. ", Asked if she knew her goal was offside, she said: "When it actually happened, I thought it was close, but I'll take any goal in this competition. Huge chance for PSG, and an even bigger save from Manuela Zinsberger to retain parity.
document.getElementById('newsnowlogo_a').style.textDecoration='none'; Leah Williamson - who has the unenviable task of marking Marie-Antoinette Katoto at corners - gets it clear. Born three years before the ban on women’s football was lifted in her native Brazil in 1981, Formiga is the first player in her forties to play in the last 16 of the Women’s Champions League and the oldest outfield player in any Uefa competition since the introduction of the Champions League and Europa League. Find out more, The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. Mead’s finish - released powerfully into the bottom corner - was offside but the 25-year-old will be more likely to remember the lovely twist she pulled off to earn her first Champions League goal. Arsenal Women; Arsenal Ladies: Updated Twitter accounts. Kadidiatou Diani piles the pressure on to Katie McCabe, with Marie-Antoinette Katoto scooping up the loose ball. You know what they say when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object... Kim Little deserves an enormous chunk of the credit there - she shimmies and shuffles to break free of a pack of blue shirts, and lays it to Beth Mead's feet. Katie McCabe scrambles down the right but Ashley Lawrence is on hand to thwart her - but you kind of wonder if it made any difference. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Arsenal Football Club Highbury House 75 Drayton Park London, N5 1BU. One thing isn't in doubt though - that Montemurro is happy to be back. " Will never forget the tie at PSG's ground, which was one of the most hostile atmospheres I've ever witnessed in the women's game. Time and again, Diani would rifle through her arsenal of tricks - pace or quick feet? Bristol City Women. "Again, you'll see why these teams are big turn in Europe. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Zinsberger spills but collects eventually.
Not sure there are many forwards with the movement of Vivianne Miedema - would love to see her heat map from this. She is held up by Lia Walti, who's really doing Leah Williamson's job in doing so. Box office [email protected]. Uefa has Arsenal as a 4-2-3-1, and the big news is that England vice-captain Jordan Nobbs is not starting. Am slightly surprised by that, I must admit - Bachmann been a real athletic presence for this skillful PSG side.
She said it has been an anxious time for her during lockdown, but added of PSG: "I think there's a lot of pace there. By that point, Arsenal’s forays forward were so rare that they were on the brink of becoming a collector’s item, and it was slightly surreal watching a team usually so smooth reduced to long balls. Her work often goes unnoticed but she'll be a vital release valve for Arsenal tonight. Caitlin Foord into the book for a late challenge in the aftermath of that... A real lesson in perseverance, that one. Not sure if she was attempting her famous 'crot' - the cross-shot - which has been so successful for her for England.
Beth Mead is lucky not to go into the book for a late, lunging challenge on Ashley Lawrence on halfway. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Lucas Torreira nearing Atletico Madrid loan. Could Lyon's dominance be about to end?
That Kadiadiatou Diani and Marie-Antionette Katoto combination is causing all manner of issues for Arsenal again. Look out for the former Chelsea forward Ramona Bachmann and Nadia Nadim, who is training to be a surgeon. Highbury House I mean, Jackson was a great character, and seemed to take the whole thing quite well. Arsenal Women Football Club is an English professional women's football club based in Islington, London, England that is affiliated with Arsenal. Arsenal in search of one last hurrah here, but they do look so leggy compared to their opponents. Looks like Beth Mead was offside for Arsenal's equaliser, which also happens to be her first goal in the Women's Champions League. Joe Montemurro's side overcame Fiorentina and Slavia Prague in the last 32 and last 16 respectively, and tonight the likes of Beth Mead and Vivianne Miedema will be showing their talents on the European stage once more. Both teams maintaining really good shapes. But Little directs wide. What happened in those two games? Referee had a decent view of it, though. Katoto draws another save from Manuela Zinsberger. Chelsea Women - Wed Oct 7 - 19:00. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. She loves to get involved in Arsenal's build-up play, but she's also ridiculously efficient for a forward of that nature: eleven goals from ten shots on target in this competition. Uefa has PSG down as a 3-5-2. Matic more likely to join Juventus than Arsenal and Man Utd, Iwobi: “I want to play more and score goals”, Ceballos posts social media update after scrap with Nketiah, Miedema, Little, and Williamson named in FA WSL Team of the Year, Roord, routs and recognition: Arsenal women news update, Winners, losers, Champions League places: FA WSL 2020/21 predictions, http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/dailycannon.com/podcast-player/227909/episode-258-arsenal-beaten-by-liverpool-but-not-broken.mp3, Episode 257: Hammers deflected, stiffer Arsenal tests to come, Episode 256: Arsenal’s good news keeps on coming. Arsenal Ladies are a popular football club on Twitter, most notably, boasting 165,000 followers. Starting XI: Endler; Lawrence, Oaredes, Dudek; Morroni, Diani, Dabritz, Nadim, Geyoro; Bachmann, Katoto, Subs: Voll, Simon, Cook, Bertolucci Paixao, Saevik, Fazer, Baltimore, Bruun, Huitema, Formiga, Khelifi, Pinguet. Sara Dabritz's delivery comes bending into the box and PSG have their arms up for handball as their ball canons around the box. We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future.