Ireland player ratings: Brady shines for lucky Ireland

Gavin Bazunu 5

Still no first clean sheet of this season for the Southampton and Ireland No.1. Yet to avoid conceding in seven Premier Leagues and couldn't keep Scotland at bay on Saturday either. Just when it looked like he was cruising to a welcome shutout, three-long range efforts caught him cold.

He could only palm the first onto the post and the ensuing scramble led to Armenia getting back in the game. Barely 60 seconds later and Eduard Spertsyan curled another into the corner from outside the box after substitute Conor Hourihane gifted him possession.

Nathan Collins 6

A simple clipped ball down the right gave Matt Doherty the impetus to drive into the box in the build up to the corner which led to Ireland’s opener. He covered well in the build up to Armenia’s first goal although maybe could have cleared before it broke outside the box. Almost helped Ireland re-take the lead with a header from Robbie Brady’s free kick but directed it straight at the goalkeeper.

John Egan 6

A quirk of these back-to-back Nations League games was that the captain’s two goals both came in the 18th minute. While his snapshot in Glasgow had all the hallmarks of a clinical striker, this powerful header into the ground owed as much to his subtle movement to gain the space.

But there will not be any nice memories of this night, one which ended in despair at the manner in which Ireland threw away a two-goal lead and could easily have conceded a third to suffer relegation.

Dara O’Shea 6

One of the telling aspects of his display at Hampden Park was his willingness to be aggressive and engage across the half way line. The West Bromwich Albion man took that same approach here and even felt comfortable vacating his left-sided centre back berth to follow