TOO LITTLE, too late for Ireland as they consigned themselves to the play-off places in their hunt for a Euro 2020 berth.
Needing at least a win to gain automatic qualification to next summer’s tournament, Mick McCarthy’s side conceded with just over 15 minutes to go after Martin Braithwaite got a toe to nip it past Darren Randolph.
With Switzerland crushing Gibraltar just victory was needed and Matt Doherty gave Ireland hope with a powerful header with minutes of normal time remaining.
And despite waves of pressure, it was not enough and they must now wait to see who they will play in the play-offs in March.
- Ireland 1 Denmark 1 – FT
- Wolves’ Matt Doherty powers header home to hand Irish lifeline
- Martin Braithwaite gets vital touch at full stretch gave Denmark the lead
- Denmark forced to sub off Thomas Delaney AND Andreas Cornelius
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Ireland XI: Randolph, Doherty, Duffy, Egan, Stevens, Whelan, Hourihane, Browne, Hendrick, McClean, McGoldrick
Subs: O’Hara, Travers, Maguire, Brady, Robinson, Long, Clark, Byrne, Judge, Cullen, Parrott, Collins
Denmark XI: Schmeichel, Dalsgaard, Zanka, Kjaer, Stryger, Schone, Braithwaite, Delaney, Eriksen, Yurary, Cornelius
Subs: Frederik Ronnow, Jesper Hansen, Peter Ankersen, Joachim Andersen, Andreas Christensen, Jonas Knudsen, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Daniel Wass, Christen Norgaard, Kasper Dolberg, Christian Gytkjaer, Robert Skov
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
