Fujino double sends Manchester City to 4-1 win at Inter in Women’s Champions League
On 10 November 2026 in Monza, Manchester City came from behind to beat Inter 4-1 in a Women’s Champions League match, with Aoba Fujino scoring twice and Kerstin Casparij and Grace Clinton also on the scoresheet.
The victory was Manchester City’s first in this season’s Women’s Champions League and doubled their points tally following draws against Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain. With Saturday’s pivotal WSL meeting with domestic rivals Chelsea in mind, manager Andrée Jeglertz selected a heavily rotated side; several regulars – including Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw, Lauren Hemp and Yui Hasegawa – started on the bench while Rebecca Knaak was also unused. England’s Alex Greenwood missed the trip with an ankle injury, and Gracie Prior made her first Champions League appearance of the season, starting at left-sided centre-back.
Inter took the lead against the run of play when Ivana Andrés delivered a pinpoint cross and Elisa Bartoli headed home, a notable opener given Inter had not conceded in any of their six Women’s Serie A matches this season. Manchester City levelled nine minutes after going behind when Fujino timed her run onto Laura Blindkilde Brown’s defence-splitting through ball, then reclaimed the lead just before half-time as Fujino converted a close-range rebound after Mary Fowler’s effort was only half-cleared.
Jeglertz introduced Lauren Hemp and Rebecca Knaak at half-time while resting Fujino and Jade Rose, and Inter nearly drew level three minutes after the restart before Ayaka Yamashita got a fingertip to Haley Bugeja’s bending effort. Sam Coffey and Blindkilde Brown were influential in midfield for City, with Coffey producing the assist that found Casparij through the middle; Casparij finished into the corner to extend the lead.
City increased their advantage as they began to move the ball more quickly into wide areas, utilising the movement of Hemp and Iman Beney; Hemp’s dinked cross to the far post allowed Grace Clinton to make it 4-1 from a tight angle. Hemp had recorded three goal contributions in her previous two appearances and her direct runs repeatedly troubled the Inter right-back.
Inter pressed for a reply late on but Yamashita produced a second top save to deny Michela Cambiaghi from close range, and City’s game management saw them complete the away win. The result allowed Manchester City to head to Stamford Bridge in a rich vein of form for one of the most important-looking WSL fixtures of the year.
Elsewhere in the competition, Chelsea were held to a goalless draw by Hacken after having two first-half goals disallowed; Jennifer Falk made important saves and Wieke Kaptein’s opening header was ruled out after Lexi Potter was adjudged to have fouled Falk, while Melvine Malard’s strike was ruled offside and Maika Hamano hit the crossbar during Chelsea’s late surge. Real Madrid beat Paris FC 3-0 with all goals arriving in the second half, including strikes from substitutes Lineth Beerensteyn and Linda Caicedo, lifting Madrid to sixth above Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich. Roma defeated Servette 2-1, and Bayern Munich later rose to second in the standings by winning 2-1 at Paris Saint-Germain; the top three in the 18-team table at the start of play were Barcelona, OL Lyonnes and Arsenal, with Barcelona hosting Arsenal on Thursday.