Chelsea misses chance to lead Women's Champions League. Bayern beats PSG to go 2nd behind Barcelona

GOTHENBURG, Sweden (AP) — Chelsea missed the chance to go top of the Women’s Champions League on Tuesday, held 0-0 at Häcken before Bayern Munich rose to second by winning at Paris Saint-Germain.

The top three heading into Tuesday in the 18-team table — Barcelona, OL Lyonnes and Arsenal, who combined to win the past 11 titles — play later in the week.

Just one of Chelsea's 29 goal attempts finding the net in Sweden would have been enough to take the London club above Barcelona, the only team to start with three straight wins.

Bayern's 2-1 win at PSG in a later game lifted the German champion into second place on eight points.

Manchester City's 4-1 victory at Inter Milan, a first win after three draws, carried the English champion into seventh place.

Real Madrid beat Paris FC 3-0 with all the goals arriving in the second half including from substitutes Lineth Beerensteyn and Linda Caicedo. Roma won 2-1 against visiting Servette.

Barcelona, the defending champion, will play Arsenal in a standalone game Thursday that is a rematch of the 2025 final won by the English side.

Lyonnes goes to fifth-place Juventus on Wednesday. Benfica's scheduled game on the same day at home to Austria Vienna is postponed because of forecast stormy weather.

Only three goals have been scored by Chelsea in its four games in this Champions League campaign, earning eight points for coach Sonia Bompastor's team.

Chelsea went 0-for-29 in goal attempts at Häcken though Maika Hamano's shot clipped the top of the crossbar entering stoppage time.

Goalkeeper Livia Peng made it four straight clean sheets for Chelsea in the competition, while at the other end of the field Häcken's Jennifer Falk won the player of the game award.

Bayern took a deserved two-goal lead before halftime as Denmark star Pernille Harder tormented the PSG defense.

Harder's forceful run in the 29th minute got her to the byline, and her low cutback into the goalmouth went in off goalkeeper Katarzyna Kiedrzynek's heel for an own goal.

Harder's angled pass into the path of Klara Bühl then let the Germany international sweep home a second goal in the 40th. PSG cut the lead on Paulina Dudek's penalty in the 65th, awarded after a VAR check for handball.

Bayern will host Barcelona in the sixth and final round on Dec. 16, when only the top four advance to the quarterfinals. Teams fifth to 12th enter a knockout playoffs round.

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Chelsea's Sandy Baltimore, left, shoots the ball during the Women's Champions League soccer match between BK Häcken and Chelsea in Gotheburg, Sweden, Tuesday, Nov. 2026. (Adam Ihse/TT News Agency via AP)

Chelsea coach Sonia Bompastor waits for the start of during the Women's Champions League soccer match between BK Häcken and Chelsea in Gotheburg, Sweden, Tuesday, Nov. 2026. (Adam Ihse/TT News Agency via AP)

Chelsea's Lucy Bronze and Häcken's Tilde Karlsson, right, challenge for the ball during the Women's Champions League soccer match between BK Häcken and Chelsea in Gotheburg, Sweden, Tuesday, Nov. 2026. (Adam Ihse/TT News Agency via AP)

Chelsea's Alyssa Thompson, left, and Häcken's goalkeeper Jennifer Falk, right, challenge for the ball during the Women's Champions League soccer match between BK Häcken and Chelsea in Gotheburg, Sweden, Tuesday, Nov. 2026. (Adam Ihse/TT News Agency via AP)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio won the race Tuesday to serve as House Republican leader as the party prepares for its new role in the minority and a flurry of Democratic investigations aimed at its standard-bearer in the White House.

Jordan, who serves as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, defeated Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana in a secret ballot election of Republicans who will serve in the next Congress. The vote was 106-73.

Jordan, 62, is a co-founder of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus and served as its first chairman. His candidacy appealed to those looking for new leadership in the wake of last week’s election debacle and to those who like his hard-hitting political style.

“The way that Jim fights says a lot about where this conference is,” said Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., who nominated Jordan to serve as minority leader.

Jordan will inherit a historically small House Republican conference that is only beginning to grapple with its loss of power as President Donald Trump serves out his final two years in office. Leading the party back to the House majority in 2028 is sure to be a stiff climb, given the scope of Democratic victories in the midterms.

In brief remarks to reporters after his win, Jordan said Republicans would focus on fighting for American families over the next two years.

“When Democrats offer more government, we'll offer more freedom,” Jordan said. “We will bring that fight in committee, on the floor and on the stump every single day.”

Jordan and Scalise came to Congress together two decades ago. They both ran to serve as House speaker after Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the job in 2023. Neither was able to rally the support necessary to secure the position, which eventually went to Mike Johnson, who is stepping aside from the leadership in the new Congress.

Scalise, 61, has held key GOP leadership positions going back to 2014, serving as party whip and then as majority leader. In 2017, he was critically wounded when a gunman opened fire at a baseball practice where several Republican lawmakers and staffers were preparing for an annual charity baseball game against Democrats. In 2023, he was stricken with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that was successfully treated.

“Overcoming adversity is nothing new to me,” Scalise said in his pitch to colleagues.

He also emphasized his fundraising prowess, noting he raised $67.9 million for this year's midterms, with about a third of that going directly to individual House campaigns and the National Republican Congressional Committee.

But the majority of Republicans opted for Jordan, who emphasized his experience battling with Democrats in committee rooms. Jordan served as the top Republican on the House oversight panel before he became the lead Republican on the committee six years ago. That experience proved popular with his colleagues.

“Instead of focusing on the people, it seems that the entire objective for Democrats is going to be targeted investigations,” said Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla. “And Jim Jordan knows about weaponization.”

Scalise's backers liked his experience getting legislation over the finish line. And Scalise edged Jordan in a similar secret-ballot vote three years ago in the race to succeed McCarthy, though neither would end up getting the job.

But as a result of the election last week, the House Republican conference is smaller, with a disproportionate number of moderates and swing-district lawmakers retiring or voted out. Many of those returning were hungry for a new leader.

“We're a significantly more conservative conference than we were,” Mast said.

Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota was elected as the Republican whip, the No. 2 position in the leadership hierarchy. He beat out Rep. August Pfluger of Texas for the job. Rep. Lisa McClain of Michigan won reelection to serve as conference chair, the No. 3 position.

Democrats will hold their leadership elections next week.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York is expected to become the next House speaker, the first African-American to hold the job, and Rep. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts is expected to become the next majority leader. She would be the first woman to hold that position.

Associated Press writer Joey Cappelletti contributed to this report.

FILE - Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks as FBI Director Kash Patel appears before the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein File)

FILE - House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks at the Republican convention, Sept. 9, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon File)