Paddy McNair has advised his Northern Ireland team-mates to keep believing following their hopes took a hit with Monday’s 2-0 home defeat to 31, they are able to qualify for Euro 2020.
A performance in Windsor Park wasn’t enough to prevent Michael O’Neill’s side as the remarkable strike and the overdue minute of Serge Gnabry of Marcel Halstenberg proved the falling their first stages of the effort
difference.
The effect saw Germany move top of Group C with Northern Ireland to 12 points in five games.
But the job is not any easier for the Green and White Army away up next and a Visit to Frankfurt to emerge in November.
“Obviously we would have taken this position at the beginning of the campaign,” McNair said. “We’ve got three really tough games to come and then we proceed to Holland from the next game.
“Then we have them at home and Germany away, however we aren’t going to be disheartened.
“We will give all of them a difficult game. There are loads of advantages and we move on to next month.”
A frustrated O’Neill called the match a”missed opportunity” in the immediate aftermath, given the chances Northern Ireland created, such as two openings such as Conor Washington, through a strong beginning to the nighttime.
“It’s really smallish margins in the match, but I thought we had been amazing from the first halfof” McNair added. “It’s definitely a large improvement. In the second halfof Stuart [Dallas] taken a yard wide and that could easily go the other side of the post that makes it a different game .”
Northern Ireland might likewise have had the chance to level just prior to the hour when McNair tumbled under a challenge from Toni Kroos, however referee Daniel Orsato waved away their allure.
“I have not seen the penalty incident again, but that I felt a bit of contact,” said McNair. “There wasn’t much attention, but I moved down. I didn’t want to be in a situation in which the ref thought it was a dip and then sent me away [to get a second
Booking ], however I didn’t want him to think because it was felt by me, there was no touch.
“It was not much, but that I still know why the referee didn’t give it. There was touch, however, I’ve no doubt about this. Maybe VAR could have cleared up that.”
Dallas fired broad after, but this was the last clear opportunity for the hosts until Gnabry settled matters in stoppage time.
“it is a fantastic sign coming from a game believing we definitely have to have taken something out of it,” McNair added. “It is definitely our best performance against them in recent meetings, but you can’t help but believe it was a missed chance.
“But we’re still joint best of the team. I understand we have three tough games coming up, but we must stay positive considering the position we’ve put ourselves ”
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