Ireland get Armenian gift but value of victory compromised by events elsewhere

No one was filing into the cold October night feeling giddy on the back of this 1-0 defeat of Armenia in Dublin. All the more so when news of Dominic Szoboszlai’s late equalizer for Hungary away to Portugal filtered through.

Ireland's Evan Ferguson scores his side's first goal of the match. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

A night that could have been, looked for a long time like being, the end for the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup hopes and dreams ultimately delivered an overdue World Cup qualifying win and news of unwanted late drama in Lisbon.

No one was filing into the cold October night feeling giddy on the back of this 1-0 defeat of Armenia in Dublin.