Manchester City Women came from behind to beat Inter Milan 4-1 in the Women's Champions League on Tuesday night, earning their first win of this season's league phase in style. Aoba Fujino scored twice in the first half before Kerstin Casparij and Grace Clinton completed the turnaround in Monza.

City had drawn their first three matches in the competition, against Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain, and they fell behind again when Elisa Bartoli headed Inter in front in the 24th minute. The response was swift and ruthless.

Fujino levelled nine minutes later, finishing off a pass from Laura Blindkilde Brown, and the Japan international struck again just before half-time to put City ahead. The visitors never looked back after the break, with captain Casparij adding a third in the 56th minute and Clinton heading home a Lauren Hemp cross in the 70th minute to complete the scoring.

Fujino leads the fightback

Fujino's two goals in 11 first-half minutes changed the entire shape of the match. The forward, who has become one of City's most reliable attackers in Europe, punished Inter's defence twice in quick succession and gave her side a lead they never surrendered.

Blindkilde Brown was named player of the match for her performance in midfield, while Hemp, who started on the bench, made her mark after coming on by setting up Clinton's header for the fourth goal. Hemp later praised the quality of City's goals, describing them as all deserved and pleasing, and the kind of football the team wants to play.

Manager Andree Jeglertz had shuffled his side for the trip to Italy, resting striker Khadija Shaw and leaving Hemp among the substitutes, with one eye on Saturday's huge Women's Super League meeting with title rivals Chelsea. The changes made no difference to the result, as City produced four goals in a single Champions League match for the first time.

First win lifts City to seventh

The victory moved City up to seventh in the league phase table on six points, with Inter down in 11th. It was also City's first Champions League win since March 2025, ending a run of four games without a victory in the competition.

City had won each of their first five group-stage matches in the Champions League before that winless run, so the result in Monza felt like a return to familiar territory. The performance was described by TNT Sports as a massive one, and it came at just the right time, with the race for the top four places in the league phase starting to take shape.

Chelsea, meanwhile, were held to a goalless draw by BK Hacken on the same night, a result that keeps the Women's Super League champions within reach ahead of Saturday's meeting between the two sides. City will go into that game with confidence after scoring four times in Italy, but they know Chelsea will pose a far sterner test than Inter did.

What comes next

City now turn their attention to the domestic title race, with Saturday's clash against Chelsea at the top of the agenda. After that, they return to European action against BK Hacken, looking to build on their first win and push towards the top four places that bring a kinder draw in the knockout rounds.

For Inter, the defeat leaves them chasing points in their remaining fixtures. They had taken the lead against the run of play and will be disappointed with how quickly the game slipped away from them, but City's quality in the final third ultimately proved too much.

Sources: TNT Sports and Manchester City.