Internazionale Women 1-4 Man City Women: Fujino double sets up big away win in Monza
Man City Women made the trip to Italy and came away from the U-Power Stadium with a thoroughly convincing 4-1 Champions League win over Internazionale, a result that keeps their European campaign firmly on track going into the business end of the league phase.
The hosts actually took the lead on 24 minutes, Elisa Bartoli heading home from an Ivana Andrés cross to send the home crowd into raptures. It didn't last long. City responded within nine minutes through Aoba Fujino, who finished smartly from the centre of the box after being played in by Laura Blindkilde Brown. Fujino then struck again right on the stroke of half-time, a right-footed effort in first-half stoppage time that gave City a 2-1 lead at the break and put the game firmly in their control.
The second half was all about City extending the gap. Kerstin Casparij made it 3-1 on 56 minutes, converting from a set piece after Sam Coffey's delivery. Then on 70 minutes substitute Lauren Hemp, who'd been introduced at half-time for Fujino, turned provider as Grace Clinton smashed in a volley from close range to round off the scoring at 4-1.
City made full use of their bench, with Hemp, Rebecca Knaak, Sydney Lohmann, Risa Shimizu and Yui Hasegawa all coming on during the second half as City's strength in depth was on full display. The only blemish from a disciplinary point of view was a yellow card for Shimizu for a foul in the 67th minute, shown shortly after she'd come on.
Statistically City were dominant throughout, enjoying 60.2% of the possession to Inter's 39.8%, and outshooting their hosts 21 to 16 with 11 shots on target compared to Inter's 6.
The win moves City to a record of three wins, no draws and one defeat from their four Champions League games, extending their recent run in the competition to DDDW across their last four fixtures, with Tuesday's victory in Italy the standout result in that sequence. Inter, by contrast, slip to a run of WDLL in their last four Champions League outings, having now lost back-to-back games in the competition following their heavy defeat to Lyonnes in the previous round.
A fine night, then, for Man City Women on the road in Italy, with Fujino's brace either side of half-time doing the early damage before Casparij and Clinton added further gloss in the second period. It's exactly the kind of statement away win City's Champions League campaign needed at this stage of the league phase.
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