Lyon beat Roma 3-0 to maintain its 100 percent record in Group A of the UEFA Women’s Champions League on Wednesday, while Wolfsburg thrashed Galatasaray 5-0 to pick up its first points.
In Group B, Chelsea came from behind against Celtic for a 2-1 win to preserve its perfect record and Real Madrid put seven past Twente in a 7-0 victory.
Record eight-time winner Lyon traveled to the Italian capital with both sides level at the top of the group on two wins apiece.
Melchie Dumornay’s first-half brace put the French side firmly in control, her second coming three minutes before the interval via an audacious chip from inside the centre circle.
Vanessa Gilles poked in from close range in the 52nd minute to rubber-stamp an authoritative performance by Joe Montemurro’s side.
“We’re pleased to have won and to be top of the group, especially without conceding a goal,” said Dumornay. “Obviously, I’ve always wanted to score a goal like that one in a big competition like this. All my teammates were telling me to shoot because the keeper was off her line.”
Chelsea holds on. At Parkhead, Chelsea also moved to nine points with a 2-1 victory over winless Celtic.
The hosts took a surprise lead with just over 20 minutes gone when Murphy Agnew raced through and lifted a finish past goalkeeper Zecira Musovic.
It took the English champions only six minutes to respond, first through Maika Hamano in the 28th minute and then Ashley Lawrence tucked home a rebound four minutes later.
Chelsea was unable to kill off the match in the second half but succeeded nonetheless in holding Celtic at arm’s length to see out a narrow victory, despite Aggie Beever-Jones picking up a second yellow card deep in injury time.
“I’m not really happy with our performance but we won, we have the three points,” Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor told UEFA’s website.
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