**Lyon**breezed past Manchester United at Leigh Sports Village, winning 3-0 in the UEFA Women's Champions League.
Tabitha Chawinga's darting run and header put the eight-time title winners ahead 12 minutes in before a brace from Melchie Dumornay sank United in the second half.
Now 22 games undefeated in the group stage/league phase part of the tournament, Lyon are second in the table, just behind **Barcelona**on goal difference.
The Red Devils sit in ninth, level on points with **Arsenal**and **Wolfsburg,**with one match of the league phase remaining.
Story of the Match
Gabby George, Simi Awujo, Fridolina Rolfo, Lisa Naalsund and Rachel Williams were the five changes from United's 2-1 win over West Ham on the weekend. Jule Brand and Lindsey Heaps were brought in after Lyon's 3-0 victory against Dijon.
Continuing on from Saturday, Lyon were different mustard in the early stages. Marc Skinner's side were pinned back for all but all of the opening 25 minutes, with the evening's first goal coming in the midst of the dominance.
Initially well defended by Jayde Riviere, the visitors recycled it down the left, allowing Ingrid Syrstad Engen to deliver it in without much pressure. Chawinga got down low to guide it goalwards, which proved too much for the palm of Phallon Tullis-Joyce.
An Ada Hegerberg header nearly made it two in quick succession as the French club piled on the pressure.
Jonatan Giraldez's credentials as a former Barcelona boss was on full display as, by 35 minutes, Lyon had 73% of the ball and were suffocating the hosts by method of possession.
Despite that, clear-cut opportunities were tricky to come by as United held their own. Albeit inside their own half.
Some silky dribbling from Hegerberg on the edge of the box looked to be the kind of flash of inspiration needed to outfox their back four. The Norwegian did find Brand in behind but she was tracked well by Maya Le Tissier.
United's first chance of any shape came 40 minutes in, yet was just as good as anything Les Fenottes had produced.
It began as result of them almost gifting Lyon a second after some jaw-clenching playing out from the back, but Riviere surging forward enabled the Red Devils to finally commit numbers forwards.
Though Lyon had retreated well, there was space for Hinata Miyazawa to drift an inch-perfect cross into Melvine Malard, who avoided the offside trap but put too much power on her header to send it over.
It was a golden chance gone begging, but it at least showed that, if United could get on the ball, they were capable of causing problems.
Skinner tried to remedy their on-ball issues in the second half by bringing on Ella Toone, Julia Zigiotti Olme and Jess Park.
This allowed the home side to get a foothold in central areas, with Park helping progress the ball to likes of Toone and Rolfo in the final third. Shots on goal were still a rarity but gave Christiane Endler more exercise.
Proceedings were largely concentrated in the middle third for a period of the second forty-five as both sides sought to catch each other in behind but were often cut out by their respective backlines.
Soon enough, however, the away side turned the heat up. Melchie Dumornay cut it back from the byline after an excellent driven run into the box. She found Brand in space, but the German's finish was rolled into Tullis-Joyce's path.
Moments later, roles reversed as Brand offloaded it to Dumornay just outside the box. The Haiti international toyed with Dominique Janssen before unleashing an unstoppable shot into the top corner to make it two.
It looked to be the cherry on top of a tidy night's work for Lyon, but, unfortunately for Skinner's side, they and Dumornay were not quite finished yet.
Substitutes Kadidiatou Diani and Marie-Antoinette Katoto formed a fast break down the right, where Diani had freedom to slide it over to the 22-year-old, who finished stylishly again to make it three.
An astute, imperious midfield presence all night, Dumornay had a hand in all three goals and ran the show across all facets of the midfield.
An intelligent run opened up space for Chawinga to score in the first half before taking to the stage herself, rifling in her third and slotting in her fourth goal of the competition so far.