Blues trio Sammie Szmodics, Dara O’Shea and Chiedozie Ogbene all started and played the full 90 minutes as the Republic of Ireland squad were beaten 2-0 by England in a UEFA Nations League game at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin this evening.

England went into a two-goal lead through Declan Rice and Jack Grealish having dominated the first half, but Ireland improved after the break with Szmodics coming closest to pulling one back just before the hour when he shot wide from an Ogbene cut-back from the right.

The summer signing from Luton presented Ireland’s biggest attacking threat and was named the official Player of the Match.

Szmodics, who was booked for a foul just before half-time, was winning his fifth full cap, Ogbene his 21st and O’Shea his 27th.

Ireland face Greece in another Nations League tie at the same venue on Tuesday evening.

Photo: REUTERS/Damien Eagers

leftie1972 added 21:06 - Sep 7 Hopefully they’ve all come through without any injuries. Nice to see that Ogbene was MoM!
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Rozeeboy74 added 21:53 - Sep 7 Ogbene looked tidy. Sammie and Dara were solid. Proud to be Town fan.
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bobble added 22:29 - Sep 7 Two irish players scored against ireland how very predictable
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skankerman added 22:39 - Sep 7 Proud of the progress of our club
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Tractor_Boy_in_HK added 06:46 - Sep 8 bobble, to complete your thought...Two Irish players scored against a team full of English players...
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soneill added 08:59 - Sep 8 @Tractor_Boy_in_HK full of English players? How many were English? 1 in the starting line up was born in England. Hardly full.
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