Report: Arsenal Women 1-2 Lyon

Challenging for the ball against LyonOur UEFA Women’s Champions League journey got off to a disappointing start as we surrendered a one-goal lead to lose 2-1 at home to Lyon on Tuesday.

The game began brilliantly for us when Alessia Russo fired us into a seventh-minute lead, but defensive mistakes allowed the French champions to turn the game around by way of a Melchie Dumornay brace.

FIRST HALF

We came flying out the traps at Meadow Park, Beth Mead playing a nice one-two with Mariona Caldentey before taking her time on the ball and sliding it through to Russo, who was calm and composed to pick out the bottom right corner on her left foot for 1-0.

At the other end, Selma Bacha’s shot was…