Northern Ireland’s struggles in the UEFA Nations League continued on Thursday as Ian Baraclough’s side fell to a 3-2 defeat away in Kosovo.
Sections of the support appeared to turn on Baraclough, with chants of “Cheerio” from the crowd after early strikes from Vedat Muriqi and Zymer Bytyqi, the first a penalty, put Kosovo in control. And although Shayne Lavery pulled one back on the stroke of half-time, Muriqi’s second at the start of the second half should have killed it, Dan Ballard’s late header notwithstanding.
