Stephen Kenny must ensure Ireland's slump doesn’t descend into a crisis

Republic of Ireland manager Stephen Kenny at the final whistle of the 3-2 defeat to Serbia. Picture: Pedja Milosavljevic/Sportsfile

In the city that doesn’t sleep, Ireland were caught napping too many times against Serbia to avoid arresting Stephen Kenny’s miserable year as manager.

Whether it was Dara O’Shea’s switching off to allowing Dušan Vlahović plunder the equaliser, Ciaran Clark getting blindsided by his former team-mate Aleksandar Mitrovic or a kamikaze positioning by Mark Travers for the third, Ireland once against self-inflicted in Belgrade.