PERNILLE HARDER helped Chelsea rescue a point from defeat with a last-gasp equaliser against Wolfsburg in the Women’s Champions League.
The Denmark superstar came to back to haunt her old club with the Blues overcoming defensive howlers to snatch a 3-3 home draw.
And skipper Magda Eriksson says she rued the ‘mistakes’ that saw her side miss out on a win in their first game in Europe this term.
Eriksson said: “Mistakes happen. Unfortunately, today it was three silly mistakes. We know usually that’s not our standard.
“It was a difficult night for the team, and we concede as a team and we score as a team.
“In the end, I’m happy with the point. We knew we were drawn in a difficult group.
“We usually get a tough draw in the Champions League. I’m very confident we can go away and get results.”
Emma Hayes’ side got off to a flier at the start hemming the Women’s Bundesliga outfit into their own half amassing six corners in 20 minutes.
And the host’s dominance eventually paid off with Sam Kerr dinking the ball over keeper Almuth Schult in the eleventh minute after a So Yun-Ji pass over Wolfsburg’s defence.
The Blues kept up the pressure before a defensive calamity saw the visitors equalise close to the twentieth minute.
And it was Tabea Wasmuth who levelled slotting into an open goal following a mix-up between Eriksson and keeper Ann-Katrin Berger.
Chelsea had a couple more first-half chances including a Sam Kerr half-volley before Wolfsburg took the lead.
Another Berger error saw the visitors go 2-1 up with the Germany ace inadvertently passing to Jill Roord who smashed the ball home minutes after the half-hour mark.
The second half saw Wolfsburg extend their lead with Jess Carter’s loose back pass leading to Wasmuth nabbing her brace.
But the Blues piled on the pressure and eventually got their just reward.
This came through with Beth England pulling a goal back with around 40 minutes of normal time remaining.
And Harder denied the German giants a win in dramatic fashion grabbing an equaliser at the death.
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