Ben Davies says some things ‘are better left’ after Matt Doherty penalty miss

“I haven’t spoken to him since the penalty,” left-back Davies said of his new right-back colleague

Matt Doherty with Republic of Ireland manager Stephen Kenny (Martin Baumann/PA)

Ben Davies says he has not contacted Tottenham team-mate Matt Doherty after his Euro 2020 play-offs penalty miss despair because “sometimes things are better left”.

Doherty and Davies will go head-to-head down the same flank on Sunday when the Republic of Ireland meet Wales in a Nations League Group B4 tie at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium.