Barcelona dazzle again & Arsenal slip up in Women's Champions League

[p]The Catalans are showing no signs of missing ex-star [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/putellas-alexia/ChQLd9ci/"]Alexia Putellas[/a], who joined the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/london-city-lionesses/Qyn18a5D/"]London City Lionesses[/a] in the close season, as they now boast six points from two league phase outings and 11 goals scored.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hansen-caroline/0tF3Q5h5/"]Caroline Graham Hansen[/a] netted in last week's opening 5-2 win at home to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/paris-fc/djTazozI/"]Paris FC[/a], and she got [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona-fa/IwJYzl9J/"]Barcelona[/a] off the mark in Rome inside 20 minutes.[/p][p]A [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/oladipo-shukurat/S0VokKKa/"]Shukurat Oladipo[/a] own goal put the visitors two up before the break.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pina-claudia/YajJWIgq/"]Claudia Pina[/a] made the points safe early in the second period, before Graham Hansen completed her brace to bring her tally to three already in the tournament.[/p][p]Pina then netted again in the final quarter of an hour and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pajor-ewa/WdX3NuHq/"]Ewa Pajor[/a] put the cherry on the cake late on.[/p][embed guid="e4c89604-e187-485e-9b7d-87f2780f4961" url="https://x.com/FCBfemeni/status/2105376086863253715" social-type="twitter" /][p]After an unconvincing win at home to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/koge/QTzsW9AK/"]HB Koge[/a] courtesy of an injury-time [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/caldentey-mariona/Kb1vAst9/"]Mariona Caldentey[/a] penalty in matchday one, 2025 champions [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/8CKOoQdn/"]Arsenal[/a] found themselves on the other end of a late spot-kick call as Paris FC fought back to hold them to a 2-2 draw.[/p][p]Goals just either side of the interval from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/russo-alessia/fH7GB8No/"]Alessia Russo[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stanway-georgia/nskaaZK1/"]Georgia Stanway[/a] put Arsenal in control in the French capital.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mateo-clara/UiR4bnG9/"]Clara Mateo[/a] halved the deficit in the 71st minute for the Parisians.[/p][p]Renee Slegers's side looked set to be able to hold their opponents at arm's length but a momentary lapse by captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/williamson-leah/AybTVGqN/"]Leah Williamson[/a] undid the Gunners with just three minutes remaining.[/p][p]Goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rodriguez-misa/lIbSuUnK/"]Misa Rodriguez[/a] popped the ball down inside the six-yard box and passed it over to the England defender, who handled it to readjust prior to taking a goal-kick.[/p][p]Referee Iuliana Demetrescu adjudged the ball already to be in play and pointed to the spot, from where [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mendy-maeline/vyeT4Wjt/"]Maeline Mendy[/a] made no mistake to ensure the spoils were shared.[/p][p]Elsewhere, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/juventus/vNUKeXyQ/"]Juventus[/a] downed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hacken/bDld9pGs/"]Hacken[/a] 3-0 in Sweden to bounce back from last Tuesday's defeat against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/c-f-benfica/AwRYyH8i/"]Benfica[/a].[/p][embed guid="95fc85e7-f6d4-467c-9cbc-e4281ff05d09" url="https://x.com/ArsenalWFC/status/2105366416044294629" social-type="twitter" /]