Daryl Murphy’s delight as Irish secure vital draw

Serbia 2 Republic of Ireland 2: After Robbie Keane’s retirement, the big question was where would Ireland’s goals come from?

Well, we got part of the answer in a rollercoaster game in Belgrade last night as Jeff Hendrick and Daryl Murphy stepped up to register their first goals for their country.

The new Premier League man had seemed to set Ireland on the road to a big win away from home inside just two minutes but, after the visitors then comprehensively lost their way and saw Serbia take command of the game and the scoreboard, it was substitute Murphy who saved the night 10 minutes from time and left the travelling fans singing in the rain with his own long-awaited first international goal.