Ian Wright: Arsenal Women's Champions League win 'saved the club from embarrassment'
Ian Wright has celebrated Arsenal's win in the Women’s Champions League after a 1-0 win over Barcelona, saying that it is important not just for the women's team but for the whole club.
“Saved the club from the embarrassment of getting nothing this season when we played so well in the season with the men," Wright said on TNT Sports.
“The ladies have saved the club, we have got something to celebrate.
“Of course they need a parade, they have beaten Barcelona in the Champions League [final], no one gave them a chance.
“Even I was saying it was going to be tough because they average four goals a game!
“So we needed to score goals to make sure that we beat them, in the end it was only one but everybody wrote them off.
“They deserve everything they are getting, all the accolades because this is a magnificent achievement.
“Look how far it’s come, I remember the Champions League being at Boreham Wood, look where we are and Arsenal winning it, it’s amazing!”
Arsenal Women won their first Champions League trophy since 2007 and remain the only English club to lift the trophy since it was founded in 2001.
