Mixed bag for English clubs in Champions League as Pernille Harder returns to haunt Wolfsburg

Chelsea hold slender advantage against Wolfsburg but Man City face uphill task

Pernille Harder is surrounded by her Chelsea team-mates after scoring (Zsolt Szigetvary/MTI via AP)

Pernille Harder scored against her former club as Chelsea secured a 2-1 advantage against Wolfsburg in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.

Wolfsburg were left to rue missed chances as Chelsea took a 55th-minute lead through clever link-up play between Fran Kirby and Sam Kerr, with the Australian scoring.