sport news Chelsea 3-3 Wolfsburg: Pernille Harder scores late equaliser in Women's ...

sport news Chelsea 3-3 Wolfsburg: Pernille Harder scores late equaliser in Women's ...
sport news Chelsea 3-3 Wolfsburg: Pernille Harder scores late equaliser in Women's ...
Chelsea 3-3 Wolfsburg: Emma Hayes' side produce stunning fightback as Pernille Harder scores stoppage-time equaliser against her former club in thrilling Women's Champions League opener at Kingsmeadow Sam Kerr opened the scoring with a brilliant lobbed finish to give Blues the lead Mix-ups at the back saw Chelsea concede twice and see Wolfsburg go ahead Things went from bad to worse for Blues when Wassmuth doubled her tally However, Chelsea responded immediately with Beth England making it 3-2 Then, in stoppage time, Pernille Harder popped up with a last-gasp equaliser

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Pernille Harder - Wolfsburg must be sick of their former star. 

The Chelsea Women striker scored three goals to help knock her former side out of last season’s Champions League quarter-final.

And it was the Danish international who was on hand to deny the Bundesliga team what would have been a huge victory at Kingsmeadow. 


Chelsea forward Pernille Harder scored a stoppage-time equaliser to earn draw vs Wolfsburg

Chelsea forward Pernille Harder scored a stoppage-time equaliser to earn draw vs Wolfsburg

Harder popped up in the right place at the right time to smash the ball into the Wolfsburg net

Harder popped up in the right place at the right time to smash the ball into the Wolfsburg net

It was written in the script that Harder would score the goal against her former club

It was written in the script that Harder would score the goal against her former club

Wolfsburg's Dominique Janssen has her head in her hands after conceding the late equaliser

Wolfsburg's Dominique Janssen has her head in her hands after conceding the late equaliser

MATCH FACTS

CHELSEA WOMEN: (3-4-3) Berger, Bright, Carter, Eriksson, Cuthbert, Leupolz, Ji (Fleming 75), Reiten (Charles 75), England (Kirby 64), Kerr, Mosegaard-Harder

SUBS NOT USED: Musovic, Nouwen, Ingle, Mjelde, Spence, Andersson, Telford, Fox

GOALS: Kerr (12); England (51); Harder (90+2)

BOOKINGS: None

COACH: Emma Hayes

WOLFSBURG WOMEN: (4-4-2) Schult, Wedemeyer, Hendrich, Janssen, Rauch, Huth, Oberdorf, Lattwein, Wolter (Starke 88), Wassmuth (Knaak 79), Roord (van de Sanden 70)

SUBS NOT USED: Blasse, Kassen, Smits, Svava, Weiss, Cordes

GOALS: Wassmuth (18, 48); Roord (34)

BOOKINGS: Wassmuth (9), Roord (38), Oberdorf (79)

COACH: Tommy Stroot

REFEREE: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

VENUE: Kingsmeadow (London)

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The striker netted in the 92nd minute to grab a point for Emma Hayes’ side in their opening group stage match.

After heartbreak in last year’s final, the Blues were looking for a strong start and a sublime goal from Sam Kerr to put her side 1-0 up in the 11th minute seemed to indicate this would be their night.

But a catalogue of defensive errors gave Wolfsburg two goals before half-time and another straight after the second half whistle. 

But Hayes has built a team of winners and there was never any chance of them giving up.

They

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