Heimir Hallgrimsson shuns excuses after second-half collapse
England’s Marc Guehi has a grip of Evan Ferguson’s jersey at Wembley Stadium which could have led to a first-half penalty for Ireland. Photo: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile
We’ll always have the half-time memories. For the Irish visitors to Wembley, 15 minutes of heaven was the bridge to 45 minutes of hell. A particularly brutal example of hope being a killer.
The emphatic nature of the final scoreline, with the misery of the dying stages exacerbated by the insufferable English brass band belting out the melody for a rendition of “Ireland get battered, everywhere they go”, means there’s a degree of embarrassment attached to reflecting on the interval discussions.
