Arsenal 0-1 Lyon: Defeat for Gunners but into Europe's last eight

Arsenal bushed Lyon 5-1 successful the reverse fixture successful France successful October

Arsenal are done to the quarter-finals of the Women's Champions League contempt decision to holders Lyon - but the crippled was marred by a serious-looking wounded to Vivianne Miedema.

A quiescent archetypal fractional ended severely for Arsenal erstwhile Frida Maanum's ain extremity gave Lyon the lead, moments earlier Miedema went disconnected injured.

The Netherlands planetary was successful tears arsenic she near the pitch.

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It looked similar a superior wounded for the attacking midfielder, who was rapidly surrounded by team-mates erstwhile she fell awkwardly disconnected the ball, earlier receiving aesculapian attention.

The 26-year-old past had her limb heavy strapped and was taken disconnected connected a stretcher.

With conscionable 7 months to spell earlier the World Cup, it is simply a immense stroke for Miedema, who had earlier had a changeable blocked successful the archetypal half.

Defender Lotte Wubben-Moy headed implicit the barroom from 1 of Arsenal's champion chances, portion Australian full-back Steph Catley besides made respective important interventions astatine the different extremity to contradict Lyon's Delphine Cascarino.

Lyon yet took the pb successful arguable manner connected the changeable of half-time erstwhile a shot implicit the apical was not dealt with by Arsenal and Vanessa Gilles' header bounced disconnected the thigh of Maanum, who claimed an offside successful the build-up.

There were muted celebrations initially from Lyon's players until the extremity was confirmed by the referee and vexation followed for Arsenal arsenic play resumed.

Miedema's wounded minutes aboriginal meant the stadium was silenced astatine half-time connected a chilly nighttime successful northbound London.

Arsenal, who stunned the holders 5-1 successful Lyon successful October, searched for an equaliser successful the 2nd fractional and astir recovered it successful the last infinitesimal of mean clip erstwhile a country was scrambled disconnected the enactment and Stina Blackstenius' onslaught was saved astatine the adjacent post.

But Arsenal goalkeeper Manuela Zinsberger was called into enactment to parry distant a almighty onslaught by Lyon substitute Eugenie Le Sommer and the French giants carried a menace throughout.

In the end, Jonas Eidevall's broadside spell into their last lucifer with Zurich connected 21 December knowing a spot successful the past 8 is sealed but triumph volition gain apical spot successful the group.

Their progression successful the contention has been creaseless but the latest wounded to Miedema - portion Ballon d'Or runner-up Beth Mead is already sidelined with an ACL wounded - means qualification comes astatine a cost.