WCL: Barcelona compound Arsenal woes with 4-0 defeat at Emirates

While Barcelona men sang lamentation songs following their ouster from this year’s Champions league on Wednesday night, Barcelona ladies put on a dominant display in a 4-0 Women’s Champions League win over Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium Thursday night.

the Gunners were beaten 4-1 by the European champions in their opening Group C fixture and struggled to improve on that performance, despite recording three successive victories in their subsequent matches in the pool.

Barcelona controlled possession and capitalised on Arsenal’s defensive mistakes, with Aitana Bonmati striking the opener before Jennifer Hermoso doubled her side’s lead in the 29th minute.

Fridolina Rolfo scored from outside the area for Barca’s third in first-half stoppage time, before Hermoso added her second to cap off Barcelona’s victory in the 75th minute.

The Catalan side had already qualified for the quarter-finals, with Arsenal needing a win to secure their place in the next round, although they can still do so if they avoid defeat against Hoffenheim in Germany next Wednesday.

Arsenal are tipped to go through because they have Hoffenheim next but it’s been a really disappointing week for them when you consider they also lost the FA Cup final to Chelsea. Despite the loss Arsenal coach Jonas Eidevall believe the Gunners tried to execute game plan.

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“We need to think about the qualities we have in the squad and work out whether it’s best to use them from the start of games or towards the end. Obviously, it’s hard to argue when you lose 4-0 that you made the right choices but the idea was very clear. The players worked very hard to try to execute it” he said