Michael O'Neill insisted Slovakia star Stanislav Lobotka’s description of Northern Ireland as “annoying” should be seen as a compliment ahead of their crunch World Cup qualifier in Kosice.
Napoli midfielder Lobotka, who missed Slovakia's 2-0 defeat in Belfast last month through injury, will be back on Friday night, and set the scene for the game this week when he said O’Neill's team are “annoying to play against, whether home or away”, play fast breaks and “are not a team that wants to create anything extra”.
