Real Madrid have one foot in the Women's Champions League quarter-finals following their narrow 3-2 victory over Twente at De Grolsch Veste.

Alberto Toril's side moved level on points with Group B leaders Chelsea, and will advance to the knockout stages if the Blues avoid defeat against Celtic later on Wednesday.

Madrid fell behind to Jaimy Ravensbergen's 29th-minute strike, but Linda Caicedo brought them level in first-half stoppage time.

Signe Bruun completed the turnaround after 71 minutes, before turning provider for substitute Alba Redondo to put the game to bed in the 94th minute.

Sophie te Brake fired in a late consolation for the hosts, but could not avert a fifth straight Champions League defeat on home soil, while Madrid have now won three successive matches in the competition for the first time.

Elsewhere, Alexandra Popp scored a hat-trick and assisted the other two goals, as Wolfsburg enjoyed a thumping 5-0 victory over Galatasaray.

The former Germany international scored twice inside the opening quarter of an hour at AOK Stadion, before Janina Minge's rasping drive made it 3-0 in the 31st minute.

Popp completed her hat-trick with two minutes remaining, before setting up Lena Lattwein to complete the rout deep into stoppage time.

Wolfsburg remain third in Group A, but move level on points with second-place Roma, who are away at leaders Lyon later on Wednesday.

Chelsea kicked off their 2024-25 Women's Champions League campaign with a 3-2 victory at home to Real Madrid in Group B.

The victory puts the Blues in second in their group after one match, while it was a perfect start for manager Sonia Bompastor, who was taking charge of her first Champions League game for the club.

Bompastor led Lyon to the Champions League final in two of the last three seasons, winning it in 2021-22. She will be hoping to do the same in west London this season and things got off to the perfect start for her and Chelsea in this game.

Sjoeke Nusken's second-minute goal put the home side ahead - unsurprisingly, that is the quickest goal in the Champions League this season.

In miserable weather at Stamford Bridge, things got even better for the hosts after they were awarded a penalty for a foul on Nusken. Guro Reiten made it 2-0 from the spot in the 28th minute, with Madrid goalkeeper Misa Rodriguez unable to get a hand to it despite diving the right way.

But Madrid were back in it 11 minutes later, with Alba Redondo finishing tidily through Zecira Musovic's legs - her second Champions League goal in as many matches.

They were unable to make the most of that lifeline, with Chelsea restoring their two-goal advantage soon after the break. Mayra Ramirez scored her first goal of the season, heading in Lauren James' cross seven minutes after the restart.

The drama was not finished though. Substitute Linda Caicedo once again cut the deficit for the visitors, making it a nervy final seven minutes for Chelsea, but the home side held on to claim a valuable three points.

Chelsea have now lost just one of their last 19 group stage matches (W13 D5) and are unbeaten across their last 13 (W10 D3); the only other team to have participated in every group stage since they were introduced in 2021 and lost just once is Barcelona (W16 D1).

Elsewhere in Group B, Celtic were beaten 2-0 by FC Twente in their opener, which marked their first-ever game in the Champions League.

Kayleigh van Dooren netted twice for the Dutch side, although the Scottish champions held out until the 44th minute before conceding.

In truth, they were second-best with the visitors dominating possession, having over 70% of the ball, and taking double the shots on target of their hosts (six to three). Twente got a second five minutes from time and go top of the group.

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