Overview

• Barcelona controlled the match at the Estadi Johan Cruyff and punished repeated defensive lapses by Bayern.
• Alexia Putellas, Ewa Pajor (two), Esmee Brugts, Salma Paralluelo and Claudia Pina (two) scored after Klara Bühl briefly cut the deficit.
• UEFA’s format sends the top four straight to the quarterfinals and places teams five through twelve into two-leg playoffs, increasing the cost of a heavy opening defeat.
• Bayern entered shorthanded, with Vanessa Gilles and Jovana Damnjanović sidelined by muscle injuries and Sarah Zadrazil out with an ACL injury.
• The next league-phase fixtures are Juventus in Munich on October 16 and Arsenal away on November 12.