Northern Ireland captain Marrisa Callaghan says team backs manager Kenny Shiels after comments on women
Northern Ireland Women's captain Marissa Callaghan has spoken up in support of manager Kenny Shiels after his post-match comments caused controversy this week.
Callaghan, who played in Tuesday's match, issued a statement on social media which said: "In light of recent events, collectively we stand by our manager.
"We feel his interview was in relation to a meeting we had as a team where we analysed that we concede goals in quick succession and emotions was one of the many things we discussed."
Callaghan added that Shiels "is a man of integrity who cares for us like a family."