Stephen Kenny reflects on week that delivered less than it deserved

'You can't legislate for a mistake sometimes and Darren has been very consistent for us. That is his 47th international for us tonight and he has been consistent for a number of years now.'

Ireland manager Stephen Kenny speaks to his team during the game. Picture: INPHO/Tomi Hänninen

There was an estimated 7,000 fans sprinkled about Helsinki's Olympic Stadium tonight but the crowd had long since filtered into the night by the time Stephen Kenny stood in front of a socially-distanced microphone in an empty stadium and took questions from a Sky reporter back in England.

Guy Havord's voice crackled down the line like a commentator calling a game from Budapest or Belgrade in the 1970s.