Ukraine put top spot in Nations League beyond Ireland

Oleksandr Tymchuk took just 22 minutes to open the scoring, before Oleksandr Zubkov grabbed the second just before the hour mark.

Andriy Yarmolenko of Ukraine. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Ireland’s faint hopes of achieving Stephen Kenny’s pre-campaign target for topping their Nations League group has been extinguished with two games to play.

For such a remote scenario to arise, Ukraine had to slip-up against an Armenian side that had beaten Ireland in the opening game.