However, the Bavarians subsequently dropped a crucial league match against VfL Wolfsburg. The matches are piling up and so is the fatigue. Can Bayern bounce back and turn up once more on the European stage?

It took just six minutes for City to get the opening goal, and what a goal it was. The ball was passed around the box well before Alanna Kennedy smashed a beauty into the bottom corner from all of 25 yards.

They beat Rangers 6-0 and Rosenborg 1-0 before overcoming another Swedish side in Hacken 4-1 on aggregate in a two-legged affair. Arsenal lost the away leg against Hacken 1-0 and betting sites are forecasting another tough European away trip with Bayern a best-price of 11/8 for the win.

LIVE! Arsenal tonight begin their Women’s Champions League campaign away at Bayern Munich as the Gunners return to the grandest stage of the club game. Jonas Eidevall’s side missed out on qualification last year but did beat the German giants in the quarter-finals two years ago and the fixture opens a very hectic run.

Bayern Munich vs Arsenal is due to kick off at 5.45pm BST on Wednesday 9 October at the FC Bayern Campus in Munich. Matches in this season’s Women’s Champions League will be broadcast live and free on streaming platform DAZN and their YouTube channel throughout the world. The broadcaster’s coverage begins at 5.30pm BST.

Arsenal ’s return to the Women’s Champions League ended in a crushing 5-2 defeat at Bayern Munich. The Gunners took the lead through Mariona Caldentey and impressed in the first-half but were pegged back just before half-time following a looping header from Bayern captain Glodis Viggosdottir.

Bayern Munich and Manchester City made it two wins from two games in their Women’s Champions League groups on Wednesday. Bayern won a rain-soaked game 2-0 at Juventus to rebound from having an unbeaten run of almost two years in the German league stopped at the weekend.

Manchester City produced a massive performance to beat FC Barcelona 2-0 in their Women’s Champions League group stage opener against the reigning champions.

Barcelona bounced back from an opening-day defeat to thrash Hammarby 9-0 in the Women's Champions League on Wednesday, while Bayern Munich fought to a 2-0 win at Juventus.A 90th-minute penalty by Sweden's Rolfo meant Barcelona equalled their 9-0 Champions League thumping of Benfica in 2022.