Arsenal faces uphill battle after BK Hacken defeat in Women's Champions League Qualifying Second Round

In a thrilling match in Gothenburg, Tabitha Tindell's impressive second-half goal led BK Hacken to a 1-0 victory over Arsenal in the first leg of their Women's Champions League Qualifying Second Round showdown.

Arsenal wasted numerous openings on the Bravida Arena's plastic pitch and were made to pay for their profligacy in front of goal when Tindell broke clear with 13 minutes to go to to beat Manuela Zinsberger with a composed finish as the hosts maintained their unbeaten home run stretching back three months.

However, Jonas Eidevall will be wondering quite how his side left his homeland without scoring after the visitors passed up numerous openings on the night as first summer signing Rosa Kafaji crashed an effort off the bar against her old club.

Meanwhile, after the break BK Hacken captain Jennifer Falk produced a word-class stop to somehow keep out Beth Mead's point-blank header, albeit the Sweden international did not know much about it, before substitute Frida Maanum's injury-time header also hit the crossbar.

Eidevall, though, will be confident his players will be able to finish off the job when the two sides meet again in the return leg at Meadow Park on Thursday September 26, with the winners progressing into the group stage of the competition.

What's next?

Arsenal begin their Women's Super League campaign against Man City at Emirates on Sunday, with the game live on Main Event (kick-off 12.30pm), before they host Hacken in the return leg of their Champions League second-round Qualifier at Meadow Park on Thursday September 26 (kick-off 7.30pm).