Gavin Bazunu: Players have every belief in Stephen Kenny after Luxembourg loss

'This is my first time in at senior level but I have every belief in the system and how he works as a manager so I feel like the dressing-room feels the same in that we still have every chance'

All in all, Bazunu demonstrated a measure of maturity on the pitch that was only emphasised as he spoke to the media afterwards when he spoke comfortably, at length and with a tone that was pretty much pitch perfect given the mood. Picture: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

When Stephen Kenny was asked why he gave Gavin Bazunu his senior debut on Saturday night he explained that it was for the teenager’s abilities with the ball at his feet. That the youngster did so much with his hands sums up the evening that unfolded.

Bazunu had only found out that morning, his meteoric rise framed by the fact that he would be breaking Shay Given’s record as Ireland’s youngest ever goalkeeper and 25 years to the day after the Donegal man had made his own bow on the senior stage.