Man City vs Barcelona LIVE: Latest Women’s Champions League updates

This is really the first spell of pressure that Barcelona have kept up all night – Putellas and Rolfo win a corner between them, Graham Hansen over to take it. City just needing a pause here, clear their lines and rebuild again in slower fashion perhaps. They have put a lot of effort into this first hour of the game.

Shaw clears the corner, then slips on the edgeof the box and Bonmati shoots – saved low down by Yamashita.

Bonmati and Graham Hansen now combine down the right channel and it’s pulled across to Alexia Putellas – she thinks she’s finding the corner of the net but again Aleixandri is there to fly in with a brilliant block!

First real chance of the half for the visitors.

City have continued the same way they played in the first 45 – on the front foot, aggressive, quick to close down Barcelona and really pushing for chances on goal themselves.

A second goal here tonight would be no more than they deserve, but they have spurned plenty of chances already to do so.

Back underway in Manchester. City are straight on the front foot and Graham Hansen is immediately booked for tripping Casparij as she looks to break into the box. Greenwood is over the free-kick and curls it in…and with three blue shirts racing in, Miedema glances a header wide!

That should be buried – Shaw was behind her but even Miedema should have scored.

Arsenal were knocked out in qualifying by Paris FC last year but, after they navigated fixtures with Rangers, Rosenborg and a two-legged round with Hacken, the Women’s Super League outfit were unable to claim any points from their Group C opener.

Mariona Caldentey put Jonas Eidevall’s Gunners ahead in Munich after 30 minutes but, while Laia Codina made it 2-2 in the 56th minute, Harder ended her European goal drought for Bayern with three goals in the final 17 minutes to fire the hosts to an impressive victory.

There’s the whistle – a huge cheer goes up. Layzell’s close-range finish the difference against the reigning Women’s Champions League holders.

Two minutes added on. Fowler lines up a shot from range but skies it – that’ll just about see us through to the interval. A tremendous half from City.

Graham Hansen has a first real opportunity to run through and get a shot away – but it’s a weak one and easily saved in the end. Very unlike Barcelona to have had such minimal impact in the final third.

City do then give the ball away trying to play out and they are fortunate to see the offside flag go up. Not the moment to gift an equaliser.

Miedema very nearly opens up enough space to make it 2-0 but Leon makes another formidable block, with Shaw needing some treatment soon after.

Back up and on we go – half-time pretty close now after a great first spell for City.

There’s the opener! Coll, from saving that last chance in brilliant fashion, has absolutely missed everything as she goes to collect the corner which flies to the far post – it’s nodded back across to the goal mouth and Naomi Layzell is there to fly in with a half-shot, half-challenge, wins the ball and prods it over the line!