Toronto Star
· collected 2026-09-22 · by Tales Azzoni The Associated Press
Manchester City played a comeback match against Bayern Munich in the Women’s Champions League, drawing 2-2 after trailing 2-0 early in the game. Bayern scored goals by Giulia Gwinn and an own-goal by Kerstin Casparij, while Manchester City responded with two late goals from Beth Mead and Carlotta Wamser to salvage a draw despite missing a penalty kick. The article highlights both teams’ performances and comments from players and coaches about the match’s intensity and mistakes.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-22,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On Tuesday, Manchester City salvaged a 2-2 draw against Bayern Munich in its return to the Women's Champions League. Bayern took an early lead with goals by Giulia Gwinn and an own goal by Kerstin Casparij. However, Manchester City mounted a comeback before halftime through Beth Mead’s goal and completed it late in the match with Carlotta Wamser’s score. The game saw controversy when Manchester City scored its first goal just as a flare was burning on the pitch, prompting protests from Bayern players. Despite missing a penalty kick in the 62nd minute by Khadija Shaw, Manchester City managed to secure a draw and became the first English team not to lose away to Bayern Munich in Europe. Linda Dallmann of Bayern acknowledged her team's missed opportunities and conceded that they must improve their play at this level.
Written for “Women's Champions League Match” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 1 other(s) covering the same event.
Manchester City rallied from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Bayern Munich in its return to the Women’s Champions League at the start of the league phase on Tuesday.
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City → rally → Tuesday
Inter Milan, making its debut in the competition proper, edged Häcken 1-0 at home.
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Milan → make → home
Man City recovers from tough start
Bayern, a semifinalist last season, got off to a quick start with Giulia Gwinn scoring in the 11th minute and with an own-goal by Kerstin Casparij in the 28th.
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Gwinn → recover → 28th
City began its rally before halftime, with Beth Mead netting in the 45th.
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Mead → begin → 45th
Carlotta Wamser, who just joined City from Bayer Leverkusen, completed the comeback with a shot from inside the area in the 86th.
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who → join → 86th
Forward Khadija Shaw missed a 62nd-minute penalty kick for City, which became the first English team not to lose away to Bayern in Europe.
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which → miss → Europe
“We lost intensity a bit in the second half and made too many mistakes and too easy mistakes, and at this level it goes against you, so we have to learn from it,” Bayern midfielder Linda Dallmann said.
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Dallmann → lose → it
“We had the chances, especially at the end, we had two big chances.
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we → have → chances
At this level, you have to score.
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you → have → level
I think we deserved it at the end.
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we → think → end
But it’s our fault, we have to work on that.”
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we → ’ → that
City made it to the quarterfinals two seasons ago, being eliminated by Chelsea, but didn’t qualify for the European tournament last season.
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City → make → tournament
It made it back after its first year under coach Andrée Jeglertz, who helped the team end Chelsea’s dominance of the Women’s Super League to claim its first league title in a decade.
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team → make → decade
City also won the FA Cup to complete a domestic double.
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City → win → double
Winning debut for Inter
Haley Bugeja scored five minutes into the match and Inter held on for its opening victory over Swedish club Häcken.
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Inter → win → Häcken
“It was special for us, and special to see how maturely we played.
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we → see → us
We scored early and then we took a step back, but I’m very happy about our second half,” Inter coach David Sassarini said, according to UEFA.com.
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Sassarini → score → UEFA.com
We showed we can play in this competition, and the ambition now is to improve on certain things and keep it up.”
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ambition → show → it
The visitors saw goalkeeper Jennifer Falk sent off in the 89th.
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Falk → see → 89th
Inter, making its debut after advancing through a penalty shootout win over Wolfsburg, twice hit the post with headers by Elisa Bartoli and Lina Magull.
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Inter → make → Bartoli
“It was so special for me to captain Inter on such a historic night,” Inter captain Irene Santi said.
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Santi → captain → night
“It was incredible, and we played so well as a team.”
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we → play → team
Häcken defender Aivi Luik was the oldest group stage/league phase player at 41, according to UEFA.
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Luik → accord → UEFA
“I don’t think about my record,” she said.
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she → think → record
“I still feel young.
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I → feel → ?
It wasn’t the result we wanted, we could have equalized but we didn’t and now we look forward to the next matches.”
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we → want → matches
The league phase, in its second year, has 18 teams competing over six matchdays.
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phase → have → matchdays
The top four advance directly to the quarterfinals and the clubs finishing between fifth and 12th compete in knockout phase playoffs in February.
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clubs → advance → February
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