Southern discomfort as Republic rely on Randolph backstop

On a night of chant and counter-chant at the Aviva, in the end neither set of supporters got to sing ‘There’s only one M O’Neill in Ireland’.

But if any bragging rights could be taken from this scoreless draw, they surely belonged to Michael O’Neill’s team who were clearly on top for most of the game but, for all their good build-up play, ultimately found Darren Randolph the hard border they simply couldn’t get past.