By Liam MackeyMartin O’Neill reaffirmed his determination to continue in the Irish job after tonight’s Nations League defeat to Wales. And I thought we were very strong in the last 25 minutes when we were a goal behind. As I said, I’m delighted with the endeavour that we showed and, although endeavour alone is not enough, I thought we gave everything tonight. But our major problem obviously is to score a goal and we have to carve out more chances in games. They dug in, in what is a tough place to come.”And while the manager once again praised his younger players, he selected the veteran Ashley Williams as his man of the match.

Source: Evening echo October 16, 2018 21:56 UTC