Barcelona draws against Chelsea, Bayern beats PSG in the UEFA Women’s Champions League

Barcelona lost their 100 percent win record in the 2025-26 UEFA Women’s Champions League but still topped the table on goal difference after a hard-fought 1-1 draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Thursday.

At the other end of the table, Paris St-Germain went bottom with a fourth consecutive defeat, this time losing 1-3 at home to Bayern Munich.

Barcelona dominated previous games against Chelsea, losing just once in eight meetings. It has knocked the Londoners out of the Champions League in each of the past three seasons, crushing them last year by an aggregate score of 8-2.

This time, however, Barca were lucky to come away with a point as Chelsea found the touch that was beyond them so far this season, both in Europe and at home.

“It was a good match,” said Barcelona manager Pere Romeu. “It’s very different from the last semi-finals when Chelsea could match all the players we had and that limited us.”

Australia international Ellie Carpenter put Chelsea ahead after 16 minutes when she struck from the edge of the penalty area after being cleared on halfway by Aggie Beever-Jones.

Eight minutes later, the Catalans leveled when Claudia Pina’s corner sparked a fight in the Chelsea area. When the ball fell at Ewa Pajor’s feet, she smashed it past Livia Peng into the top right corner.

From that moment on, Chelsea had the best chances. Before halftime, Wieke Kaptein hit the inside of the post after a nice clear from Alyssa Thompson.

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In the second half, substitute Catarina Macario had a goal disallowed for marginal offside, while Carpenter, with the goal at her mercy, dragged her shot just wide.

«I think we were the better team tonight. We performed very well and created a lot of chances,» Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor said. BBC.

«We scored a great goal. I’m happy but frustrated because we could have won the game.»

The draw moves Chelsea to sixth place in the table, but the lead is surpassed by Bayern, putting PSG to the sword in Paris.

PSG captain Sakina Karchaoui gave her side the perfect start with a goal in the 16th minute, but a minute later Linda Dallmann leveled the score for the visitor.

Just after the half-hour mark, Momoko Tanikawa slipped through PSG’s defense before drilling the ball into the back of the net, and Jovana Damnjanovic completed the victory a minute from time.

Atletico Madrid climbed to eighth place after winning 4-0 at Twente, thanks to goals from Amaiur Sarriegi, Julia Bartel, Synne Jensen and Fiamma.

Roma took the first point with a 1-1 draw at Leuven. Evelyne Viens put the Italians ahead in the 18th minute, but Jada Conijnenberg’s penalty in the 71st minute meant the win was shared.

Published on November 21, 2025