David McGoldrick kept the Republic of Ireland firmly in the race for Euro 2020 qualification with a late header to deny Switzerland victory in Dublin.
Vladimir Petkovic's men dominated proceedings at the Aviva Stadium, but left with just a point to show for their efforts on a night when they might have severely dented Irish hopes.
Here, the PA news agency takes a look at what we learned from an eventful 90 minutes.
Better late than never
Ireland may have left it late to snatch a 1-1 draw – McGoldrick's equaliser arrived in the 85th minute – but it has happened too often to be pure coincidence. During this campaign alone, Mick McCarthy's men have scored in the closing stages against the Swiss, Denmark and Gibraltar, while Jonathan Walters denied Austria a World Cup qualifier victory in Dublin in June 2017 and Robbie Brady famously fired Italy to defeat at the Euro 2016 finals, both in the 85th minute.
Swiss army strife
Switzerland arrived in Dublin with Liverpool's Xherdan Shaqiri at the head of a list of absentees but confident they could still prevail, and they were very nearly proved correct. Denis Zakaria added vigour to a mobile midfield, while striker Breel Embolo lacked only a goal to cap an enterprising individual display and demonstrate that there are multiple blades among the armoury.
Muddle in the middle
amp_article__370573 : Database Data restored... :
last updated article - 2019-09-06 12:54:59:
html db last update - 2019-09-06 12:54:59 :
ex - 7200 : read : read cache amp html
Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
1 | Liverpool | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 25 |
2 | Manchester CityMan City | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 23 |
3 | Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
4 | Chelsea | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 18 |
5 | Arsenal | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 18 |
6 | Aston Villa | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 18 |
7 | Tottenham HotspurSpurs | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 16 |
8 | Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 16 |
9 | Fulham | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 15 |
10 | Bournemouth | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 15 |
11 | Newcastle UnitedNewcastle | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
12 | Brentford | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 13 |
13 | Manchester UnitedMan Utd | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 12 |
14 | West Ham UnitedWest Ham | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -6 | 11 |
15 | Leicester CityLeicester | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 10 |
16 | Everton | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 9 |
17 | Crystal Palace | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 7 |
18 | Ipswich TownIpswich | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 5 |
19 | Southampton | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 19 | -12 | 4 |
20 | Wolverhampton WanderersWolves | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -13 | 3 |