Michael O’Neill said his Northern Ireland players “got the message” in his half-time team talk before going on to secure the 3-1 win they needed to start their World Cup qualifying campaign on a positive note.
On the ground where they blew a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 in the Nations League only 10 months ago, Northern Ireland failed to build on an early goal from Jamie Reid, with O’Neill’s frustration at some poor passages of play obvious long before Aiman Dardari brought Luxembourg level.
