Stephen Kenny urges Dundalk to play ‘game of their lives’

Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny has called on his players to produce the “game of their lives” in Iceland tonight to advance into the third qualifying round of the Champions League.

After last week’s 1-1 draw in the first leg at Oriel Park, the League of Ireland champions take on FH Hafnarfjordur in the Kaplakriki at 8.15pm (Irish time), with the winners progressing to tie against Belarussia’s BATE Borisov, who saw off Finland’s SJK last night.

The Dubliner insisted ahead of his side’s departure for Reykjavik yesterday that his side were going to Iceland to win the game and insists there were no “grey areas” for his team following the setback of former Dundalk player Steven Lennon’s 77th-minute equaliser in last week’s first leg. That goal puts FH in the driving seat, but Kenny insists past away performances in Europe, particularly the 2-1 victory away to Hajduk Split in 2014, gave him the belief they could turn things around.