Caitlin Foord scored a dramatic extra-time winner as Arsenal defeated Corinthians 3-2 in a pulsating final at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday to lift the first Women’s Champions Cup trophy.
Olivia Smith’s opener was cancelled out by a scrappy Gabi Zinotti equaliser in the first-half, before Lotte Wubben-Moy’s second-half header put Arsenal back into the lead.
Corinthians’ Vic Albequerque sent the game to extra-time when she scored a last-gasp penalty after VAR sent the referee to the screen for a Katie McCabe foul, before Foord provided the winning strike.
The triumph makes Arsenal the inaugural champions of the Women’s Champions Cup and comes with a record £1.7 million reward, the biggest prize money ever awarded in women’s football.
