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O’Neill: Big win for Ireland
- Updated: October 9, 2016
Martin O’Neill hailed Republic Of Ireland’s 3-1 victory in Moldova as a ‘big win’ after his side moved up to second in World Cup qualifying Group D.
Shane Long opened the scoring after just two minutes before Igor Bugaev equalised for the hosts just before the break.
James McClean then scored twice in the second half as O’Neill’s side secured all three points to move behind Serbia on goal difference at the top of the table.
“We played excellently in the first half of the game,” O’Neill told Sky Sports.
“We should have been two or three in front and we created some excellent chances. We scored early on which is great for us but we conceded a very poor goal at the end of the …
