Football
Arsenal 1-2 Lyon: Gunners with work to do to reach Women’s Champions League final after late setback
Renee Slegers’ side must produce second-leg comeback in France after below-par showing at the Emirates
Melchie Dumornay scored an 82nd-minute winner as Lyon stunned Arsenal to win the first leg of their Women’s Champions League semi-final 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium.
Mariona Caldentey had equalised for the home side four minutes prior to the eventual winner after Arsenal, who struggled to replicate the form shown in their midweek 5-1 win over Leicester, had fallen behind to Kadidiatou Diani’s goal.
There was a sense of physical vulnerability from the Gunners’ back four against Lyon’s front three and this was demonstrated when Diani held her line, burst away from her marker and drilled her effort into the bottom left corner for 1-0.
