IN THE LAP OF FREAK GODS

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PICKED UP KNOCK Hickey

in major trouble after a grim opening period spent chasing Greek shadows - only to blow the visitors away with an incredible last half-hour blitz which never looked on the cards.

And the huge three points fired the national side level on points at the top of Group C and bang in the frame for a spot in next summer's World Cup across the pond with Belarus up next in Glasgow on Sunday still smarting after last night’s 6-0 thrashing by Denmark.

Clarke said: “On the performance side, you have to understand how hard we worked out of possession to limit a very good Greek side.

“When they scored the goal the shackles came off a little bit and we seemed to find half a yard in our press.

“Obviously getting the goal quite quickly after they had scored was important to us and I think we finished the game strong”