Lyon and Wolfsburg win as Chelsea defeat Bayern

Holders Lyon and past winners Wolfsburg were among those registering comfortable victories in Wednesday's UEFA Women's Champions League round of 32 first legs. Elsewhere, Chelsea secured a lead against Bayern and both Fiorentina and Ajax enjoyed their bows at this stage.

Results:
Wednesday
Chelsea 1-0 Bayern München
Atlético Madrid 0-3 Wolfsburg
Medyk Konin 0-5 Lyon
Avaldsnes 0-4 Barcelona
Fiorentina 2-1 Fortuna Hjørring
Montpellier 0-1 Zvezda-2005
LSK Kvinner 0-0 Brøndby
Ajax 1-0 Brescia
St. Pölten 0-3 Manchester City*
Apollon 0-1 Linköping
BIIK-Kazygurt 3-0 Glasgow City*
Gintra Universitetas 1-1 FC ZürichMinsk 1-3 Slavia Praha
PAOK 0-5 Sparta Praha
Thursday
Olimpia Cluj 0-1 Rosengård
Stjarnan 1-1 Rossiyanka

All seconds legs next Wednesday except *Thursday

Highlights

• Holders Lyon won as they become first club to play 80 games in this competition, one clear of Arsenal. Ada Hegerberg scored a hat-trick to reach 25 European goals while new signings Lucy Bronze and Shanice van de Sanden started.
• Chelsea, beaten by Wolfsburg in their two previous campaigns, lead Bayern thanks to an early Drew Spence goal despite strong second-half pressure from the visitors.
• Germany's other contenders Wolfsburg won convincingly at Atlético while Barcelona were equally impressive in Norway at Avaldnses.
• Manchester City matched their fellow 2016/17 semi-finalists Barcelona with a strong away win.
• A late goal gave Ajax victory in their maiden European knockout game while debutants Fiorentina defeated former finalists Fortuna.
• Another ex-runner-up, Zvezda-2005, won 1-0 at Montpellier, who pipped 2017 beaten finalists Paris Saint-Germain to France's second berth.
• Both Prague sides won away from home.
• In Thursday's ties, quarter-final regulars Rosengård edged to victory at Olimpia Cluj and Rossiyanka drew at Stjarnan.

Road to Kyiv
Round of 16 draw: 16 October
Round of 16: 8/9 & 15/16 November
Quarter-final & semi-final draw: 24 November
Quarter-finals: 21/22 & 28/29 March
Semi-finals: 21/22 & 28/29 April
Final: 24 May – Valeriy Lobanovskiy Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv