Linda Caicedo seals a 3-0 win over Paris FC as Real Madrid claim their first victory in the Women's Champions League

Real Madrid needed a win and got it in style. On Tuesday, at the Alfredo Di Stéfano, they beat Paris FC 3-0 on matchday 4 of the Women's Champions League league phase to claim their first victory in the competition, after drawing their three previous games. Arianna Caruso opened the scoring, Lineth Beerensteyn doubled the lead and Linda Caicedo rounded things off: the last two came off the bench.

A first half without reward

Pau Quesada's team dominated from the start but went into the break at 0-0. Caruso headed against the crossbar around the 19th minute and Bella Andersson went close with another header just past the half-hour mark. At the other end, goalkeeper Kinga Seweryn kept a Paris FC side that arrived with just two points in the game.

Three goals in 26 minutes

The match turned in the 55th minute. Felicia Schröder shot, Seweryn spilled it and Caruso tapped in the 1-0. In the 65th, Beerensteyn, who had come on at half-time for Athenea del Castillo, latched onto a through ball from Schröder and finished with her right foot. And in the 81st, Caicedo, who had replaced Elisa Senss in the 62nd minute, took another assist from Schröder and fired a left-footed shot across goal that clipped the post on its way in.

Late on, Laia López won a one-on-one against Hawa Sangaré to keep a clean sheet. UEFA named Caruso Player of the Match. Speaking to AFP, Caruso summed up the relief in the dressing room: "It was really important to pick up the three points today because we hadn't won any of our first three games."

Match facts

• Real Madrid 3-0 Paris FC, Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano, Madrid.
• Goals: Caruso (55'), Beerensteyn (65') and Linda Caicedo (81').
• Referee: Emily Heaslip (England).
• Coaches: Pau Quesada (Real Madrid) and Sandrine Soubeyrand (Paris FC).

How the table looks

The win takes Real Madrid to 6 points (one win and three draws, 7 goals for and 4 against) and up to eighth in the single 18-team table, in the play-off places. The top four go straight to the quarter-finals; fifth to twelfth play a knockout round first. Paris FC remain winless on 2 points.

Elsewhere on Tuesday, Bayern Munich beat PSG 2-1 at the Parc des Princes to hand them their first defeat of the competition: an early own goal by goalkeeper Katarzyna Kiedrzynek and a Klara Bühl strike before half-time outweighed Paulina Dudek's converted penalty. Manchester City thrashed Inter 4-1 in Milan with a brace from Aoba Fujino and goals from Kerstin Casparij and Grace Clinton after Elisa Bartoli had put the hosts 1-0 up. Roma edged Servette 2-1 and Chelsea were held to a 0-0 draw by Häcken in Sweden.

Barcelona, who have yet to play their fourth match, stay top on 9 points, followed by Bayern and Chelsea on 8 and Lyon and Arsenal on 7. The matchday continues on Wednesday with Juventus-Lyon, Benfica-Austria Wien and OH Leuven-HB Køge, and closes on Thursday with Barcelona-Arsenal at the Spotify Camp Nou, at 18:45 CET.

Real Madrid are back in action on Wednesday 18 November, again at the Alfredo Di Stéfano, against Inter on matchday 5.

Sources: Real Madrid C.F. (official match report), UEFA.com (match page, results and standings), AFP via Yahoo Sports, Las Futbolistas.