![\"VfL](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/002381cb-614.jpg\"\/)
\nVfL Wolfsburg’s Vivien Endemann, right, celebrates with team-mate Cora Zicai after scoring her team’s fifth goal<\/p>\n
Alessia Russo’s second-half brace earned Arsenal a 2-1 comeback win over Real Madrid in the Women\u2019s Champions League.<\/p>\n
The Gunners enjoyed plenty of opportunities during the first half but Caroline Weir sent the visitors ahead on the stroke of half-time with a brilliant volley.<\/p>\n
Russo then starred for Arsenal after the break with two headed goals to help the defending champions bounce back from last week\u2019s defeat to Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n
Republic of Ireland captain Katie McCabe played 88 minutes for the hosts at left-back.<\/p>\n
Chloe Kelly sent a menacing corner into the box in the opening minutes but the ball was nodded wide by Frida Maanum and moments later Weir had an opportunity stopped at the opposite end.<\/p>\n
Olivia Smith sent an effort over the bar as Arsenal pushed for an opener and Misa Rodriguez scooped up Maanum\u2019s attempt.<\/p>\n
Emily Fox made a solid block to turn Athenea\u2019s strike behind for a corner and despite their solid start, Arsenal fell behind in the 43rd minute following a stunning strike from Weir.<\/p>\n
A curling free-kick was headed by Steph Catley into the path of the Scotland international just inside the box and she smashed a volley past Daphne van Domselaar.<\/p>\n
Sara Dabritz had an effort blocked after the break but Arsenal levelled in the 53rd minute when Kelly\u2019s cross was nodded over Rodriguez by Russo.<\/p>\n
Smith had a scuffed shot collected by Rodriguez before Arsenal took the lead in the 67th minute when Beth Mead launched a corner into Russo lurking on the edge of the six-yard area and the striker fired a thumping header home.<\/p>\n
Russo continued to cause problems and was flagged for offside twice after getting into promising positions.<\/p>\n
Alba Redondo broke forward for Real in the final stages but had her effort held by Van Domselaar as Arsenal saw out the win.<\/p>\n
\nVfL Wolfsburg’s Vivien Endemann, right, celebrates with team-mate Cora Zicai after scoring her team’s fifth goal<\/p>\n
\n
” \/> <\/p>\n
Earlier on Wednesday, Manchester United fell to a first Champions League defeat after losing 5-2 at Wolfsburg.<\/p>\n
Fridolina Rolfo struck against her former club, but two goals from Ella Peddemors put Wolfsburg ahead and a chaotic end to the first half saw Lineth Beerensteyn strike before Melvine Malard immediately responded.<\/p>\n
Beerensteyn added her second after the break and Vivien Endemann struck at the death to end United’s three-game winning run in the competition.<\/p>\n
Svenja Huth rattled the underside of the crossbar in the early stages, but United took the lead after 14 minutes when Malard raced down the left and sent over a pinpoint cross for Rolfo, who powered a header past Stina Johannes.<\/p>\n
A pulsating encounter saw Wolfsburg level three minutes later when a poor clearance from Safia Middleton-Patel reached Peddemors on the edge of the box and the midfielder curled the ball home.<\/p>\n
Wolfsburg doubled their lead out of nothing in the 37th minute when Peddemors\u2019 cross flew through the penalty area and nestled in the bottom corner, before Beerensteyn added a third in the 45th minute with a stunning finish into the top corner from the edge of the box.<\/p>\n
However, there was still time for United to hit back before half-time when Janina Minge headed the ball back towards her own box and Malard spun smartly to chip over Johannes.<\/p>\n
After the break, Beerensteyn skewed an effort past a post and Ella Toone lofted a shot over the crossbar before Middleton-Patel made a great save to push away Beerensteyn\u2019s header.<\/p>\n
However, the Netherlands international eventually scored her second of the evening, racing into the box and firing home in the 65th minute.<\/p>\n
A bruising evening for United was complete in the sixth minute of stoppage-time when Endemann took advantage of a defensive error to steal the ball and tap home.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Lyon came from 3-0 down at half-time to snatch a 3-3 draw at Juventus.<\/p>\n
Goals from Chiara Beccari, Michela Cambiaghi and Tatiana Pinto put Juve in control at the break.<\/p>\n
But Tabitha Chawinga pulled one back and Marie-Antoinette Katoto’s header made it 3-2.<\/p>\n
Lyon were awarded a penalty in the 89th minute after Cecilia Salvai handled and Wendie Renard tucked home the spot-kick.<\/p>\n
Goals from Maeline Mendy and Maelle Garbino gave Paris FC a 2-0 win over Benfica, who had Caroline Moller sent off in the first half, while Valarenga drew 2-2 at home to St Polten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alessia Russo’s second-half brace earned Arsenal a 2-1 comeback win over Real Madrid in the Women\u2019s Champions League.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-149273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}