PRICE IS RIGHT FOR THE NORTH

ISAAC PRICE made it five goals in his last four games for Northern Ireland as Michael O'Neill's side earned a creditable 1-1 friendly draw with Switzerland in Belfast.

- DAFYD JONES

Price, who last year became the youngest player to score a hat-trick for the North, fired the hosts in front 16 minutes in with a fine curling shot before Vincent Sierro headed Switzerland level 12 minutes later.

It might have been better if Price had converted a golden chance at the start of the season half but, as former Shamrock Rovers boss O'Neill continues to build towards the World Cup qualifying campaign to come later in the year, this was a positive result against a nation ranked 20th in the world.

A young home side, who will be up against Slovakia, Luxembourg and either Germany or Italy when the campaign begins in September, looked confident and composed against higher-ranked opposition, even if the Swiss were missing the likes of Manuel Akanji and Granit Xhaka themselves.