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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Yara El-Shaboury

Chelsea beat Real Madrid in Women’s Champions League opener – as it happened

Sjoeke Nüsken celebrates after scoring the opening goal in Chelsea’s 3-1 win over Real Madrid.
Sjoeke Nüsken celebrates after scoring the opening goal in Chelsea’s 3-1 win over Real Madrid. Photograph: Harriet Lander/Chelsea FC/Getty Images

Suzanne Wrack was at Stamford Bridge and has all the action boiled down for you in her report.

And that means it is time for me to bid you farewell. As always, thanks for your company and tuning in. Join us tomorrow for live updates as Arsenal take on Bayern Munich in their first match of the competition.

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Some post-match emails!

Redmond laments a familiar face:

Has former Chelsea player Leupolz touched the ball at all this game?

According to the stats, she had 52, but I agree with the sentiment that it was not her best game. Real Madrid’s midfield was completely overrun, which is worrying for Toril’s side given Chelsea’s midfield were not at their best either.

And Gordon analyses Group B:

Considering it was their first CL group stage game, Celtic were not too bad, but it must be said that they never looked like scoring in the game tonight. The Celtic keeper Daugherty made a tremendous save to keep the score down, but Twente’s Van Dooren added her second goal late on, thumping home a right wing cross. Chelsea will cruise into the quarter-finals but tonight they did not look like a team ready to go all the way to the final.

First matchday of this group seemed to go as expected. Twente seemed to have passed their first test with flying colours but they will have a lot to prove if they want to shake things up and maybe nick a spot in the next round.

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