Troy Parrott's first international goals spared the Republic of Ireland's blushes as they came from behind in Andorra to finally hand manager Stephen Kenny victory at the 12th attempt. Parrott's timing could hardly have been better with Ireland facing humiliation in the tiny Pyrenean principality less than three months after their 1-0 World Cup qualifier defeat by Luxembourg. Image: Stephen Kenny finally has a win as Republic of Ireland bossBut they were stunned within seven minutes of the restart when defender Vales climbed unopposed to head Alex Martinez's free-kick past the helpless Bazunu to give Andorra the lead. Kenny: Confidence the differenceStephen Kenny speaking to RTE:"First of all, I don't know how it was our first win because we should have won several of them. "To come back in the manner and the way we did was excellent, to score four goals, real quality goals as well.

Source: Sky sports June 03, 2021 18:22 UTC