Lyon, Chelsea complete perfect women's CL group stage

Lyon have made it six wins from as many games to win their women's Champions League group. (AP PHOTO)

Ellie Carpenter has helped eight-time winners Lyon finish their women's Champions League group stage with a 100 per cent winning record.

The Matildas right-back played a full game as her French club beat Wolfsburg 1-0 to top Group A with 18 points from six matches. The Germans beat Roma for second place on goal difference after both won three games and lost three.

Danielle van de Donk's 81st-minute goal was enough to separate the sides. Her late flick helped match Barcelona's record gap in 2021/22 and become just the fourth team to register a perfect set of results in the group phase.

Lyon, now under the leadership of Australian coach Joe Montemurro, are unbeaten in their last 17 Champions League group stage matches and have kept 12 clean sheets in their last 16 group stage games.

Earlier on Tuesday night, Chelsea, for whom Matildas skipper Sam Kerr remains sidelined with injury, also booked a seeded place in the quarter-finals with a comeback win against Real Madrid.

After Scotland's Caroline Weir had given the Spanish hosts a halftime lead, two penalties in five minutes by US international Catarina Macario earned Chelsea a 2-1 win. Both teams progress, with the Blues a perfect six from six.

Chelsea, the 2020/21 beaten finalists, are yet to lose this season under new coach Sonia Bompastor. In the Women’s Super League in England, they have won nine games and drawn one.

Catarina Macario.
Catarina Macario slots home a second spot kick to earn Chelsea all three points in Madrid.

In the other in Group B match, Daniela Galic made a worryingly brief appearance for FC Twente during the Dutch club's 3-0 defeat of Celtic.

The 18-year-old from Sydney came on after 72 minutes but had to be substituted herself eight minutes later after  colliding with Morgan Cross.

Arsenal and Manchester City, with their respective trio of Matildas, are in action on Wednesday, at home to Bayern Munich and away to Barcelona respectively. With all four teams already through only group leadership, and a seeded place in February's draw, is at stake.

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