{"id":296636,"date":"2025-11-20T08:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T08:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/296636\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T08:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T08:14:09","slug":"arsenal-vs-real-madrid-womens-champions-league-as-it-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/296636\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal vs. Real Madrid: Women&#8217;s Champions League &#8211; as it happened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>European champions <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"b01601fc-ede7-63f6-b94b-f08b2f98b476\" href=\"https:\/\/africa.espn.com\/football\/team?id=19973\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a> came from a goal down to beat <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"78d4a88f-1e84-3815-8d06-8f57e84077d9\" href=\"https:\/\/africa.espn.com\/football\/team?id=21128\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Real Madrid<\/a> 2-1 in the Women&#8217;s Champions League.<\/p>\n<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"ef69ee85-fb83-3e22-9d55-4ca29da45343\" href=\"https:\/\/africa.espn.com\/football\/team?id=12633\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scotland<\/a> international <a data-player-guid=\"d3afda07-99de-99d9-9218-b84ef578ce72\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/257531\/caroline-weir\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Caroline Weir<\/a> volleyed the visitors into the lead at half-time but <a data-player-guid=\"4d853184-f7e7-36a9-a3bd-a56637c20fb8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/263683\/alessia-russo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alessia Russo<\/a> scored twice to give the Gunners a second win from their four matches.<\/p>\n<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"5d1de908-8705-f172-5351-5271a4f2e5a7\" href=\"https:\/\/africa.espn.com\/football\/team?id=20061\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a> fell to their first defeat in the league phase after being beaten 5-2 by Wolfsburg.<\/p>\n<p>United&#8217;s <a data-player-guid=\"7fc28c50-c41b-fd09-6343-fdcc4c62b153\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/240277\/fridolina-rolfo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fridolina Rolf\u00f6<\/a> struck against her old club, but two goals from <a data-player-guid=\"07bce5d0-c438-3f75-b3cd-c52908374e52\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/309915\/ella-peddemors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Peddemors<\/a> put Wolfsburg ahead and a chaotic end to the first half saw <a data-player-guid=\"7f9196e9-4bbb-2969-ba56-acc2208ebbe2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/246056\/lineth-beerensteyn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lineth Beerensteyn<\/a> score before <a data-player-guid=\"b2adea42-6f27-3f30-677a-13bd2298161c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/295670\/melvine-malard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Melvine Malard<\/a> immediately responded.<\/p>\n<p>Beerensteyn added a fourth after the break and <a data-player-guid=\"50f448ac-f1c4-37e7-9fa3-6254bc915766\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/382439\/vivien-endemann\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vivien Endemann<\/a> struck at the death to end United&#8217;s three-game winning run.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how the action unfolded:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"European champions Arsenal came from a goal down to beat Real Madrid 2-1 in the Women&#8217;s Champions 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