'Best moment of my career' - Parrott over the moon with winning goal 'a mile from home'

By the time Troy Parrott came out to meet the media, it was almost an hour after the young striker had sealed a 1-0 victory for his country, a last-gasp winner in the 97th minute.

The MK Dons forward was perhaps unlucky to miss out on starting the friendly international against Lithunia, however, he made up for it as he took the game by the scruff of the neck from the moment he entered the stage in the 63rd minute of what was a disappointing contest up to that point.

Parrott almost scored as the game moved into injury time but was denied by the visiting keeper, however, with the five minutes of added time elapsed, one last chance dropped to the Dublin native, and this time he made no mistake, dispatching an unstoppable effort, 20 yards from goal.

"I'm still shaking now. It was honestly one of the best feelings I’ve ever had in my life," said Parrott, speaking at the post match press conference.

"When Conor [Hourihane] was going to cross the ball, I was too far away from getting into the box so I kind of tried to read where the second ball was going to land and it fell straight to me.

"It felt like the ball was never going to come down. I had to take two touches before I could get the shot off but, as I said, I’m over the moon."

Parrott said that he knew the shot had a great chance once the ball moved past the two defenders between player and goal, and he admitted that it was the best week of his blossoming football career.

"As soon as it didn’t get blocked by the first man that was coming out I had a feeling it was going towards the goal. To see it hit the back of the net was crazy," beamed Parrott.

"By far. By far," said Parrott, when asked was it his best moment in football. "To score the winner that late in the Aviva in front