Defeat a mystery for O'Neill

Martin O’Neill was at a loss to explain how his Republic of Ireland side slipped to a second successive friendly defeat as Turkey left Dublin victorious.

Goals from Ahmet Ilhan Ozek and substitute Osman Tarik Camdal either side of half-time proved sufficient to hand the visitors a 2-1 win at the Aviva Stadium, with Jon Walters’ 78th-minute strike prompting a late, but ultimately unsuccessful, fightback.