Ian Wright's perfect response to Kenny Shiels after "women are more emotional" remark

Ian Wright has hit back at Kenny Shiels after the Northern Ireland Women manager claimed "girls and women are more emotional than men".

Shiels comments came after his team lost 5-0 to England in front of a crowd of 15,348 at Windsor Park on Tuesday evening - a record attendance for a women's match in Northern Ireland. The result means Shiels' team cannot qualify for next year's World Cup.

England, meanwhile, are on the brink of reaching the tournament in Australia and New Zealand. They've won all eight of their qualifiers and need just a point against either Austria or Luxembourg in September to confirm their spot.

"I felt [England] were struggling a wee bit at times to open us up until the psychology of going 2-0 up in the women's game," said Shiels at full-time. "I'm sure you will have noticed if you go through the patterns - when a team concedes a goal, they concede a second one in a very, very short space of time.

"[It happens] right through the whole spectrum of the women's game, because girls and women are more emotional than men. So, they take a goal going in not very well."

The manager went on to say: "When we went 1-0 down we tried to slow it down to give them time to get that emotional imbalance out of their heads. That's an issue we have. Not just in Northern Ireland but all of the countries in the world."

Shiels has been criticised by many for his comments, including Wright. The former Arsenal striker, who is a regular pundit on ITV's coverage of England Women internationals, pointed out the number of times male players have cried on the pitch.

"Kenny Shiels talking foolishness!" tweeted Wright on Wednesday morning. "Talking about emotional women! Didn't that man see how many times I was crying on the