Chelsea held on to beat Real Madrid and extend their unbeaten home run in the Women’s Champions League group stage to 10 matches.
Goals from Sjoeke Nüsken, Guro Reiten and Mayra Ramírez continued the Blues’ perfect start to the season under their new manager, Sonia Bompastor, but the two goals conceded hinted at a defensive fragility.
Written by Suzanne Wrack at Stamford Bridge
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