The commentary team on Disney+ said McCabe was ill, but there has been no confirmation from Chelsea yet.
Record eight-time winners Lyon survived two potential penalty calls that were denied by a VAR intervention to hold on to a scoreless draw at Groupama Stadium. Last season’s beaten finalists could have won it themselves, but Salma Paralluelo’s strike was disallowed for offside.
Meanwhile, Barcelona continued their emphatic start to their title defence by brushing aside Roma 6-0 in the Italian capital, while a bizarre penalty incident caused Arsenal to let slip a two-goal lead at Paris FC.
The Catalans are showing no signs of missing ex-star Alexia Putellas, who joined the London City Lionesses in the close-season, as they now boast six points from two league phase outings and 11 goals scored.
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Caroline Graham Hansen netted in last week’s opening 5-2 win at home to Paris FC, and she got Barça off the mark in Rome inside 20 minutes.
A Shukurat Oladipo own goal put the visitors two-up before the break.
Claudia Pina made the points safe early in the second period, before Graham Hansen completed her brace to bring her tally to three already in the tournament.
Pina then netted again in the final quarter of an hour and Ewa Pajor put the cherry on the cake late on.
After an unconvincing win at home to HB Koge courtesy of an injury-time Mariona Caldentey penalty in matchday one, 2025 champions Arsenal found themselves on the other end of a late spot-kick call as Paris FC fought back to hold them to a 2-2 draw.
Goals just either side of the interval from Alessia Russo and Georgia Stanway put Arsenal in control in the French capital.
Clara Mateo halved the deficit in the 71st minute for the Parisians.
Renee Slegers’s side looked set to be able to hold their opponents at arm’s length but a momentary lapse by captain Leah Williamson undid the Gunners with just three minutes remaining.
Goalkeeper Misa Rodríguez popped the ball down inside the six-yard box and passed it over to the England defender, who handled it to readjust before taking a goal-kick.
Referee Iuliana Demetrescu adjudged the ball already to be in play and pointed to the spot, from where Maeline Mendy made no mistake to ensure the spoils were shared.
Bayern Munich romped to a 3-0 win at Benfica thanks to goals from Klara Buehl, Pernille Harder and Franziska Kett.
Juventus downed Häcken 3-0 in Sweden to bounce back from last Tuesday’s defeat against Benfica.
Meanwhile, new Ireland call-up Shanade Hopcroft was on target for Crystal Palace in their 3-0 win over Charlton Athletic in the WSL Players Cup.
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No Katie McCabe for Chelsea, Barcelona lay down marker and Arsenal slip up
KATIE MCCABE WAS absent as Chelsea drew 0-0 with Lyon on a busy night of Uefa Women’s Champions League action.
McCabe starred against former club Arsenal in the WSL on Sunday, but the Republic of Ireland captain did not feature in the Blues’ matchday squad tonight.
The commentary team on Disney+ said McCabe was ill, but there has been no confirmation from Chelsea yet.
Record eight-time winners Lyon survived two potential penalty calls that were denied by a VAR intervention to hold on to a scoreless draw at Groupama Stadium. Last season’s beaten finalists could have won it themselves, but Salma Paralluelo’s strike was disallowed for offside.
Meanwhile, Barcelona continued their emphatic start to their title defence by brushing aside Roma 6-0 in the Italian capital, while a bizarre penalty incident caused Arsenal to let slip a two-goal lead at Paris FC.
The Catalans are showing no signs of missing ex-star Alexia Putellas, who joined the London City Lionesses in the close-season, as they now boast six points from two league phase outings and 11 goals scored.
Caroline Graham Hansen netted in last week’s opening 5-2 win at home to Paris FC, and she got Barça off the mark in Rome inside 20 minutes.
A Shukurat Oladipo own goal put the visitors two-up before the break.
Claudia Pina made the points safe early in the second period, before Graham Hansen completed her brace to bring her tally to three already in the tournament.
Pina then netted again in the final quarter of an hour and Ewa Pajor put the cherry on the cake late on.
After an unconvincing win at home to HB Koge courtesy of an injury-time Mariona Caldentey penalty in matchday one, 2025 champions Arsenal found themselves on the other end of a late spot-kick call as Paris FC fought back to hold them to a 2-2 draw.
Goals just either side of the interval from Alessia Russo and Georgia Stanway put Arsenal in control in the French capital.
Clara Mateo halved the deficit in the 71st minute for the Parisians.
Renee Slegers’s side looked set to be able to hold their opponents at arm’s length but a momentary lapse by captain Leah Williamson undid the Gunners with just three minutes remaining.
Goalkeeper Misa Rodríguez popped the ball down inside the six-yard box and passed it over to the England defender, who handled it to readjust before taking a goal-kick.
Referee Iuliana Demetrescu adjudged the ball already to be in play and pointed to the spot, from where Maeline Mendy made no mistake to ensure the spoils were shared.
Bayern Munich romped to a 3-0 win at Benfica thanks to goals from Klara Buehl, Pernille Harder and Franziska Kett.
Juventus downed Häcken 3-0 in Sweden to bounce back from last Tuesday’s defeat against Benfica.
Meanwhile, new Ireland call-up Shanade Hopcroft was on target for Crystal Palace in their 3-0 win over Charlton Athletic in the WSL Players Cup.
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