Chelsea rallied from a objective right down to see off a spirited Celtic staff 2-1 within the Girls’s Champions League, sustaining their excellent begin to life beneath Sonia Bompastor.

Bompastor had led the Blues to 6 straight wins within the Girls’s Tremendous League and masterminded triumphs over Actual Madrid and Twente in Europe.

Nonetheless, her excellent file got here beneath severe menace in Glasgow, the place competitors debutants Celtic led by way of Murphy Agnew ‘s Twenty second-minute objective.

She capped a lightning counter by racing in behind earlier than slotting into the bottom-left nook, scoring Celtic’s first objective within the Girls’s Champions League.

Nonetheless, their lead lasted simply six minutes as Maika Hamano swept residence Aggie Beever-Jones’ cutback for the equaliser, then Ashley Lawrence powered residence a rebound within the thirty second minute to finish a speedy turnaround.

Beever-Jones was dismissed after accumulating her second yellow card in stoppage time, however it didn’t matter to Chelsea as they made it 12 straight wins in all competitions.

They’re now three factors away from Actual Madrid on the prime of Group B, after the Spanish giants routed Twente 7-0 earlier on Wednesday.

In Group A, Bompastor’s former membership Lyon posted a powerful 3-0 win at Roma to maneuver three factors away from the Giallorosse.

Melchie Dumornay scored twice earlier than half-time to place the French champions within the ascendency, then Vanessa Gilles reacted quickest to a right-wing nook to prod residence their third seven minutes into the second half.

With three wins from as many matches, Lyon are three factors away from Roma and 6 forward of Wolfsburg, who managed a 5-0 win over Galatasaray on Wednesday.