O'Brien insists Ireland must go again after performance 'to be proud of'

O’Brien praised his fellow Cork man Caoimhin Kelleher’s penalty save which denied Cristiano Ronaldo his 142nd international goal before insisting Ireland must take the positives from this game.

Republic of Ireland defender Jake O'Brien. Pic: Ryan Byrne/Inpho

Jake O’Brien believes the Republic of Ireland produced a performance “to be proud of” in their heart-breaking 1-0 loss to Portugal in Lisbon on Saturday night.

Rúben Neves' injury-time strike was enough to see the Portuguese make it three wins out of three, confining Ireland to their second consecutive loss in the process which leaves them rooted to the bottom of Group F with only one point.