STEVE GLAD TO KEEP IT CLEAN

FROM BACK PAGE match itself wasn’t a classic, far from it.” However, Kenny pointed to the positives when he said: “It was important to keep a clean sheet tonight.

“They were two tough games in three days. The Norway game had a high level of intensity, it was a very tactical game and it really took a lot out of the players I felt.

“But I think we learned a lot from the Norway game and they paid us a lot of respect. “Against Malta, no game in international football away from home is easy to win.

“One of the things about Malta is that they have had an improved record recently, they’ve got some good results recently, so there is a little bit of a resurgence there.

“We were pleased that we got a clean sheet and there were some good aspects to it. But we have played a lot better and lost.”