Title holders Barcelona were beaten 2-0 by Manchester City on Wednesday to start their defence in the Women's Champions League with a rare loss in the group stage.

The UEFA Women’s Champions League is back. With Europe’s elite battling it out to be crowned champions, we won’t be short of drama and tension. We certainly weren’t in the opening fixtures,

Title holder Barcelona was beaten 2-0 by Manchester City to start the Women’s Champions League with a rare loss in the group stage.

Manchester City pulled off an outstanding 2-0 home win over reigning UWCL champions Barcelona. This game was billed as the clash of the titans and it certainly lived up to expectations in the opening stages as both sides went hammer and tongs against each other.

Manchester City made a spectacular return to the Women's Champions League on Wednesday, defeating holders Barcelona 2-0 in the opening round of group stage matches as Bayern Munich downed Arsenal

Karim Adeyemi starred as Borussia Dortmund has run riot against Celtic while Barcelona and Manchester City claimed their first wins in the restructured Champions League.

Goals from Naomi Layzell and Khadija Shaw saw the Cityzens storm home to victory over defending Champions League victors Barcelona at Joie Stadium.