Soccer: Wenger reckons Wright can cope

Arsene Wenger is backing Richard Wright to bounce back again from his latest goalkeeping nightmare against some of Europe’s hottest strikers when Arsenal open the second round of the Champions League against Spanish League leaders Deportivo La Coruna.

Arsene Wenger is backing Richard Wright to bounce back again from his latest goalkeeping nightmare against some of Europe’s hottest strikers when Arsenal open the second round of the Champions League against Spanish League leaders Deportivo La Coruna.

Wright, 24, was earmarked as the latest long-term replacement for David Seaman when Wenger paid Ipswich £6million for him in the summer.

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