Nice result for Ireland, but shame about the football

The service to Shane Long and Jon Walters wasn’t great but when they did get it, neither held the ball up very well, writes Liam Brady.

We got away with it in Belgrade on Monday night in our 2-2 draw with Serbia, the away point on the opening night of the World Cup campaign a very real bonus after a very average Irish performance.

It was a display that was all the more disappointing considering we got off to such a great start with that Jeff Hendrick goal after just two minutes. But we didn’t build on that goal at all.