MANCHESTER, England (AP) — In a seismic week for Manchester City, the women's team impressed Thursday in its Champions League for the club's first game since a devastating verdict of billion-dollar financial wrongdoing to benefit the men's team.

City fought back after the break but the holders held on.

Bradley Barcola got off the mark for Liverpool in spectacular fashion, scoring the first hat trick of his career in a thrilling 6-3 win at Austrian champions LASK Linz on Wednesday.