Fujino double leads Manchester City to 4-1 Champions League win at Inter

Manchester City beat Inter 4-1 in Monza on Tuesday, with Aoba Fujino scoring twice before the interval to overturn the hosts' lead. City's official match report confirmed that Kerstin Casparij and Grace Clinton added second-half goals as the visitors secured their first victory of this season's Women's Champions League campaign.

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Elisa Bartoli opened the scoring with a header in the 24th minute, but Inter's advantage lasted only nine minutes. Fujino equalised after a pass from Laura Blindkilde Brown and struck again in the 44th minute. Worldfootball.net's match record confirms that the two goals sent City into half-time 2-1 ahead after they had conceded first.

City made two changes at the break, bringing Lauren Hemp on for Fujino and Rebecca Knaak on for Jade Rose. The visitors then extended their lead through Casparij in the 56th minute, with Sam Coffey providing the assist. Clinton completed the scoring in the 70th minute from Hemp's delivery, according to the match record.

Inter had threatened to equalise before Casparij scored. City's report described Ayaka Yamashita turning Haley Bugeja's curling shot away early in the second half. At the other end, Mary Fowler forced a double save from Cecilia Runarsdottir before the hour. Clinton subsequently finished at the far post to establish the three-goal margin that remained at full-time.

The win followed draws against Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain, leaving City unbeaten through four league-phase matches. Their total rose to six points, with one win and three draws. The club reported that its unbeaten sequence across all competitions had reached 17 games, while European fixtures against BK Hacken and Austria Wien remained.

City had also won their preceding domestic match, beating West Ham 5-0. The club's pre-match briefing noted that Khadija Shaw scored a hat-trick in that game, while Fujino and Iman Beney registered their first goals of the season. That result put City back on top of the Women's Super League, two points ahead of Chelsea after the London side drew 1-1 with Everton.