Arsenal vs Juventus LIVE: Women’s Champions League result and reaction as Gunners reach quarter-finals
Arsenal 1-0 Juventus: Lina Hurtig’s late winner sent the Gunners into the knockout rounds
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Your support makes all the difference.Arsenal secured their place in the quarter-finals of the Women’s Champions League with a 1-0 victory over Juventues at the Emirates Stadium.
In a match low on chances and quality Lina Hurtig was the decisive factor for the Gunners coming off the bench in the second half to score a late winner that put her side clear of their opponents in Group C.
Juventus had set up with a low block to nullify Arsenal’s threatening forward line and were successful for most of the game. The Gunners were forced into crosses from wide that had no effect in breaking down the Italian team.
Renee Slegers switched things up at half time and Arsenal came out determined to make more runs itno the box. Stina Blackstenius, another substitute, collected the ball with one such run and picked out Hurtig who tapped in the winner.
Relive all the action with our live blog below:
Renee Slegers: Arsenal moving from Emirates for men’s game is a bump in the road
Interim head coach Renee Slegers believes Arsenal’s move to Meadow Park for their Champions League clash against Bayern Munich is a “bump in the road”.
Earlier this week the club announced that the game on December 18 will take place at Meadow Park after a fixture clash with the men’s team meant they were unable to play at the Emirates Stadium as had been planned.
Mikel Arteta’s team face Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals on the same day and the game cannot be moved due to Palace’s schedule as well as Tottenham playing Manchester United the following night.
Renee Slegers: Arsenal moving from Emirates for men’s game is a bump in the road
UEFA have granted “special dispensation” for Meadow Park to be used.
A defensive battle?
Arsenal have kept five clean sheets in their last six games against Italian teams while Juventus have kept six clean sheets in their seven previous away group games.
Whose defence will come out on top tonight?
Juve are strong on the road
Juventus have lost only one of their previous seven away group matches (four wins and two draws).
But, that loss was a 1-0 defeat against Arsenal in 2022/23.
An unwanted record for Juve
Defeat for Juventus would mean successive Women’s Champions League losses for the first time since 2020/21. They slumped to a 4-0 defeat at home to Arsenal last time out.
Fortress Emirates
Arsenal have won all four home European games this season, scoring 15 goals and conceding only one.
Gunners in form
Arsenal have lost only two of their last nine Women’s Champions League matches with six wins and one draw in that run.
Alessia Russo sets Arsenal on course to derby win over Tottenham
Alessia Russo scored after 63 seconds to set Arsenal on their way to a 3-0 north London derby victory at Tottenham.
Russo’s early finish - the Gunners’ second fastest goal in Women’s Super League history - was added to by Frida Maanum and Stina Blackstenius to continue interim boss Renee Slegers’ impressive short-term reign.
Slegers, who replaced Jonas Eidevall on a temporary basis following his resignation in October, led Arsenal to a notable 4-0 win over Juventus in the Champions League on Tuesday before another dominant showing at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Alessia Russo sets Arsenal on course to derby win over Tottenham
Tottenham 0-3 Arsenal: Russo scored barely a minute in to the north London derby as the visitors cruised to victory
Gunners triumph in north London derby
Arsenal are fourth in the Women’s Super League, with 15 points from eight games after an emphatic north London derby win at the weekend.
Alessia Russo, Frida Maanum and Stina Blackstenius scored in the 3-0 triumph at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Arsenal vs Juventus line-ups
Arsenal XI: Van Domselaar; Fox, Williamson, Catley, McCabe; Walti, Little; Mariona, Maanum, Foord; Russo
Subs: Zinsberger, Williams, Wubben-Moy, Codina Panedas, Mead, Kafaji, Hurtig, Kuhl, Blackstenius, Wienroither, Cooney-Cross, Reid
Juventus XI: Peyraud-Magnin; Lenzini, Calligaris, Cascarino; Bergamaschi, Schatzer, Bennison, Krumbiegel; Caruso; Cantore, Vangsgaard
Subs: Capelletti, Proulx, Kullberg, Lehmann, Rosucci, Girelli, Bonansea, Boattin, Bragonzi, Beccari, Thomas, Gallo
Slegers on how Juventus will approach the game
Renée Slegers, Arsenal’s interim coach, spoke about how she expects Juventus to approach tonight’s fixture. Speaking at a pre-match press conference she said: “We have three or four scenarios in our heads so we have to be prepared for all of them.
“From a coaching perspective, it’s fun because you have one performance and you play against the exact same opponent and the challenge you have in front of you is to try to do better.”
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