‘We suffered together' – Katie McCabe emotionally reflects on her football journey as Arsenal win Champions League
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Katie McCabe of Arsenal celebrates with the UEFA Women's Champions League trophy as the Gunners shocked Barcelona
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The Ireland skipper accidentally dropped an expletive before emotionally reflecting on her Arsenal career
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And speaking after the game, the Tallaght star accidentally dropped a f-bomb before hailing the
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"Barcelona threw absolutely everything at us, and we f*cking - sorry!"
"When I first came to the club I was a young naive kid that came over from Dublin and Fara (Williams), (Emma Mitchell) and Emma Byrne took me under their wing right from the very start.
"They taught me what it meant to be a professional footballer and play for Arsenal and wear the badge...and here I am.
"It's just an unbelievable feeling. I'm a Champions League winner, we all are.
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"To give that to our fans today, they've been unbelievable and with us for every kick of the game."
The Dubliner has been with the club since 2015, and has now claimed six major honours.
In the game itself,
She entered the fray along
The duo did not disappoint with Blackstenius pouncing on Mead's classy reverse pass to drill low a shot beyond keeper Cata Coll six minutes later.
The striker, who bagged Arsenal's winner in the Women's League Cup, was mobbed by her team-mates with Barca's players looking stunned to go behind.
The Gunners also had a goal chalked off in a tense encounter which they were jeered by a largely partisan crowd of 38,356 onlookers.
Despite the jeers of Barca's fans, with just 5,000 Gunners supporters present, Slegers capped Arsenal's renaissance by guiding the team to football's top club prize.
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