Magnificent Taylor beaten at the last
Maik Taylor repeated his exceptional performance of the weekend last night, making a string of superb saves, but once again Northern Ireland slumped to defeat in a World Cup qualifier.
It was all going according to plan until five minutes from time when Taylor was finally beaten. That was when Maciej Zurawski made the breakthrough for the Authentic Prada Purses Sale home side, heading in a cross from Miroslaw Szymkowiak.
“I think it [qualification] is beyond us now but there are still a lot of games to go, still third place to play for,” said a disconsolate Taylor afterwards. “The lads are really disappointed but we will get together again and look forward to the next match to try and get third spot.
“We needed to try to win but, take nothing away from Poland, they are a quality side and the Black Prada Chain Bag boys dug in deep. There were a lot Black Prada Eyeglass Case of tired legs at the end and they managed to break away, get a corner and unfortunately we’ve lost it. We wanted to show everyone that we have got a lot of Authentic Prada Outlet Uk character after our second-half performance against England and I think we showed that.”
Lawrie Sanchez made three changes to the side who lost to England at Old Trafford. Mark Williams came into the side, the Aston Villa midfielder Steven Davis was recalled in the absence of Damien Johnson through suspension and James Quinn Authentic Prada Bags For Cheap partnered David Healy up front after missing out last Saturday because of suspension.
More than 800 Northern Ireland fans were in Legia Warsaw’s stadium and the visitors started well prada online outlet, nearly taking a shock lead in the 13th minute. Quinn rattled in a volley that was heading for the top Authentic Prada Clothing corner but the Liverpool goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek reacted smartly to turn the shot away.
Then it was all about the Northern Ireland goalkeeper. He came to his side’s rescue midway through the Black Prada Chain Bag half when he somehow managed to Agatha Ruiz Dela Prada Book Bags parry a header from Zurawski and, minutes later, he made another fine save when he scooped away a close-range shot by Jacek Krzynowek.
Poland raised the tempo after the break and Tomasz Frankowski found space in the area after 53 minutes. He fired in a shot but Aaron Hughes stood his ground to make a crucial block at a vital time.
Taylor had to Agatha Ruiz Dela Prada E Shop be Bicester Village Prada Refund alert again in the 56th minute when Jacek Bak tried to lob him from the halfway line and then did well to get down to smother a shot from Bartosz Karwan.
Sebastian Mila was drafted in for Poland midway through the second half and quickly got into the action, firing in a shot that Taylor blocked before the goalkeeper turned away a shot from Frankowski. Then came Poland’s heart-breaking winner.
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