Late Lazaro strike frustrates O’neill

dead-rubber match (Bosniaherzegovina having already won the section).

But Lazaro fired the ball into the top corner of the net after Stuart Dallas lost possession in another frustrating night for Michael O’neill’s men.

“We didn’t deserve to lose the game, there’s no doubt about that,” said O’neill, whose team’s relegation to Group C was already certain following three straight defeats.

“We matched them in the first half and our reaction to going behind was excellent.

“We played very well and I thought from the 80th minute we looked the more likely to win the game.

“But we tired a little bit and that’s to be expected playing with a lot of players who aren’t playing regular firstteam football and I think that was evident in the final five or six minutes of the game in particular.”