Melbourne City Women suffer penalty agony in Asian Champions League final

• Wuhan Jiangda win shootout 5-4 after Stott wastes chance
  
• Chinese side had equalised with 98th-minute penalty

Melbourne City suffered a heartbreaking and drama-filled defeat by Wuhan Jiangda on penalties to fall short in the Women?s Asian Champions League final, going down 5-4 having had a chance to win the shootout by that scoreline.
With scores locked at 1-1 after a chaotic 90 minutes and extra-time, City?s captain, Rebekah Stott, had the chance at 4-4 in the penalty shootout to seal victory, in front of a hostile crowd in Wuhan. Instead, she shot tamely straight at Chen Chen. Zhao Yuxin put Wuhan in front and Chen saved Bryleeh Henry?s penalty to seal a remarkable shootout victory.
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