Made a penalty save and a couple of other decent stops. Was without a doubt Ireland's best player.

Couldn't really do much about either goal and performed reasonably well overall.

An unfortunate own goal at the end and his distribution was sloppy at times, but made some good blocks.

Some sloppy passes but fairly solid at the back and was one of Ireland's better players.

A night to forget for the Ireland captain. Conceded possession far too often and was sent off after conceding a penalty in the second period.

Plenty of endeavour but lost the ball and made poor decisions consistently.

Should have done better for the first goal when he lost a header, but made some good tackles and intelligent passes as Ireland came into a bit more in the second half.

Improved slightly in the second half, but was one of the main culprits for Ireland giving the ball away needlessly in the first.

Had decent energy and a couple of good defensive moments, but didn't impose himself on the game often enough.

Had to feed off scraps, but did what he needed to well, winning free kicks and showing decent hold-up play.

Like against Georgia on Saturday, he was isolated up front for the most part and couldn't really influence the play.

Another relatively uninspired performance that McCarthy must take some responsibility for. He at least tried to change it, after the disappointing result against Georgia, but the Irish players never looked totally comfortable, as indicated by the multiple positional changes during the game.