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Published 16:01 20 Nov 2018 GMT
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"We were like a team hanging on for a nil-nil in a World Cup match, desperation. 'We get out with a nil-nil and we've qualified or we've got a great point'. "But this is a game where it's a dead rubber, we're out of it..."https://twitter.com/VMSportIE/status/1064793719747022848 "We look like a minnow there," presenter Tommy Martin said. Kilbane agreed and compared Ireland to Gibraltar or the Faroe Islands. Kerr immediately corrected Kilbane. "Don't be harsh. We were better than that," Kerr said, referring to his time as coach of the Faroes between 2009 and 2011.
"A San Marino, an Andorra, I'd say."The former Ireland manager was joking, but there was a grain of truth in his comment.
Ireland morphed into a shapeless blob and packed as many bodies behind the ball as possible.
It was the type of display one would see from a minnow, not a team containing six Premier League players.
You can watch Kerr's analysis here:
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