Isaac Price’s first international goal had cancelled out Sporar’s third-minute strike but all too quickly Northern Ireland were behind again when Petar Stojanovic’s strike deflected off Jonny Evans in the 17th minute, with Sesko giving Slovenia breathing space before the break. “It was a game full of incident clearly, six goals,” O’Neill said. After coming out on the wrong end of three consecutive 1-0 defeats, this was a very different result, but a similar story of Northern Ireland not being outplayed. Conor McMenamin is the @EE Player of the Match as voted for by you 👏🏻 #GAWA #POTM pic.twitter.com/bZ4HaNxZyx — Northern Ireland (@NorthernIreland) September 7, 2023“The biggest difference in the game was probably the front two,” O’Neill said. “Conor had a great game, he was very, very positive from the outset,” O’Neill said.

Source: The Herald September 07, 2023 22:26 UTC