Late own goal sees Ireland snatch draw with Serbia

Ireland produced a spirited second-half display to secure a morale-boosting 1-1 World Cup qualifying draw against Serbia at the Aviva Stadium. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic had given Serbia a first half lead but with minutes remaining he crashed a clearance off Nikola Milenkovic into his own net to see the spoils shared.

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Mitrovic makes the difference as Ireland lose to Serbia

Ireland’s World Cup qualifying campaign got off to a disappointing but spirited 3-2 loss to Serbia in Belgrade. Alan Browne ended manager Stephen Kenny’s goal drought but the hosts replied through Dusan Vlahovic and Aleksandar Mitrovic with James Collins scoring moments from the end.

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