Jonas Eidevall's decision to start Arsenal's game against Lyon without Vivianne Miedema proved to be the right one with the Gunners' achieving a record 5-1 win over UEFA Women's Champions League holders, Lyon.
Heading into this one, Arsenal were touted as the underdogs against this well-oiled Lyon machine, who have eight Champions League titles to their name. Therefore, seeing 120 time-goalscorer Miedema start on the bench, with both teams having injury worries to contend with was certainly a shock to the fanbase when the team was released at around 7 PM on Wednesday night.
The player who finished just outside of the top 10 at the most recent Ballon d'Or ceremony did get the last ten minutes from the bench but it was a controversial move before the match which paid off in the end due to her replacement Frida Maanum getting in on the goalscoring act alongside Caitlin Foord and Beth Mead.
