Martin O’Neill: We deserved our point

Martin O’Neill was in bullish mood immediately after gaining a point in the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup 2018 qualifying 2-2 draw away to Serbia in Belgrade.

“Eventually, yes, we were happy to come away with a point from here tonight,” O’Neill told RTÉ.

“We took a very early lead in the game but you would expect them to have a lot of possession, being the home side. The pitch amazingly became very, very boggy rather quickly but we knew they were going to come into the game in the second half and did so.