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Salma Paralluelo to Barcelona's rescue! Women's Champions League winners and losers as the knockouts begin

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Barca only managed a narrow win over UWCL debutantes Roma as Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Wolfsburg all joined them in establishing first-leg leads.

The calm before the storm. That's what this week's Women's Champions League action felt like. Three months after the group stages concluded, the knockout rounds arrived and the first legs of each of the quarter-final ties all ended 1-0, setting next week's second legs up for plenty of fireworks.

Bayern Munich were the only team to win their home leg, beating Arsenal narrowly.

Barcelona's win in Rome was little surprise, though the fine margin of victory was, while neither French side had reason to celebrate.

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Reigning champions Lyon losing to Chelsea just hours before Paris Saint-Germain suffered the same fate in a controversial clash with Wolfsburg.

GOAL takes a closer look at those outcomes below...