Armenia stun Slovakia

ARMENIA stunned Slovakia with four second-half goals in Zilina to blow Ireland’s Euro 2012 qualifying Group B wide open.

The visitors had been the better side for much of the encounter but there was little hint of the onslaught to come when Yura Movsisyan broke the deadlock in the 57th minute.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Gevorg Ghazaryan and substitute Artur Sarkisov completed a rout which lifts Armenia to a shock third place in the group, only three points behind leaders Russia.