British Trio Book Place in Last 16 of Champions League

Arsenal, Birmingham and Glasgow City all booked their place in the last 16 of the Women’s Champions League.  The 3 British teams had impressive wins in the second leg of their games which were played on Wednesday and Thursday.

Birmingham City played Finish side Pk-35 on Wednesday afternoon, winning the game 1-0 thanks to a goal from Chelsea Weston.  Birmingham already had the upper hand as they had come away with a 3-0 win in Finland in the first leg.

SSHVSM-Kairat arrived in London to play Arsenal with a 7-1 defeat clearly playing on their mind.  It would have been a tough task if they were to gain anything from the second leg.  Arsenal dominated this fixture with an 11-1 win.  Goals came from Carter (x4), Little (x3), Nobbs (x2) and one goal each for White and Weir. 

On Thursday night Glasgow City took on Belgium side Standard Liege in a 7pm kick off.  Both sides had all to play for after a 2-2 draw in Belgium the week before.  It took 15 minutes before the deadlock was broken by Suzanne Malone making it 1-0 to the Glasgow side.  Two more goals followed by O’Sullivan and Crilly before a late goal by Wullaert made it 3-1 on the night (5-3 on aggregate)

This leads to exciting ties between Glasgow City and Arsenal Ladies next month while Birmingham City take on Russian side Zorkiy.  Games will be played on the 8^th & 13^th November.