Michael O’Neill plays down fears after Kyle Lafferty limps out of training

Northern Ireland received a pre-Euro 2016 scare when Kyle Lafferty limped out of training yesterday, though boss Michael O’Neill insisted there are “no major concerns” over the key striker’s groin problem.

Lafferty, who scored seven goals in qualification to fire the country to France, appeared to injure himself stretching to make an intervention during a public training session at Saint-Georges-de-Reneins.

After going down on the pitch, he went inside for medical assessment and did not return for the rest of training.