
""We're disappointed," O'Neill said. "It was a sore loss. I thought in the first half we lacked a little bit of belief with the ball. To be fair, Germany forced their physicality on top of us and it was difficult for us to get any kind of rhythm. The goal that was disallowed would certainly have helped us at that point but it is offside and we shouldn't really be offside in that situation so it's an error on our part.""
""The goal we lose is a freak goal, we should defend the corner better but it comes off the player's shoulder and ends up in our net, so it wasn't even a header. That's disappointing, but in the second half we were terrific, we gave everything and we just couldn't force an equaliser. It felt like a game that was either going to be decided by a moment of something special or a bit of a freak goal, which is ultimately how it was decided.""
Germany secured a 1-0 World Cup qualifying win in Belfast when Nick Woltemade turned the ball in with the back of his shoulder. The result keeps Germany top of Group A, level with Slovakia and three points clear of Northern Ireland. A young Northern Ireland side created more attempts than their visitors but lacked the cutting edge to convert chances. Daniel Ballard had a 14th-minute strike ruled out because Paddy McNair was offside in the build-up. Northern Ireland gave everything in the second half but could not force an equaliser and protested only two minutes of added time.
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