Germany were there for taking, says McNair

PADDY McNair was left to rue a missed opportunity as he believes Germany were “there for the taking” in Northern Ireland's 3-1 World Cup qualifying defeat on Sunday night.

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Two goals in the space of four second-half minutes from Nadiem Amiri and Florian Wirtz put the game beyond Northern Ireland after Isaac Price's superb volley had cancelled out Serge Gnabry’s early goal.

While there were plenty of positives to take from a night on which Northern Ireland were well in the game against the four-time world champions for over an hour, it was a case of what might have been with Northern Ireland unhappy at how they conceded the first two goals.