Soccer: Northern Ireland losing by three

Bulgaria 4 Northern Ireland 1 (latest)

Northern Ireland are losing by three goals in their World Cup Qualifier against Bulgaria.

Krassimir Balakov opened the scoring through from the spot on seven minutes.

Mark Williams headed the Northern Irish level on 15 minutes before Martin Petrov fired Bulgaria back in front two minutes later.

The Northern Irish failed to deal with an attack down the left and when the ball fell to Martin Petrov he scored from around 14 yards out with a low shot into the far corner.

Krassimir Tchomakov made it three on 72 mins before Martin Petrov scored his second of the night on 77 mins.