Kenny confident Ireland can secure 'best victory yet' against the Dutch

Stephen Kenny believes that his side can raise their game at a packed Aviva Stadium to secure their "best victory yet" as they take on the Netherlands in Sunday evening's Euro 2024 qualifier.

The Ireland manager believes that his side are capable of getting the "win that we need" to play themselves back into contention to qualify for next summer’s Euros.

Ireland are currently struggling with just three points from four games, however, a victory over the Dutch would bring Kenny’s side level with the Netherlands, albeit with a game more played.

Looking ahead to the game, the manager believes that Ronald Koeman’s side are coming to Dublin off the back of their best performance of the campaign, however, Kenny is convinced that his side can go toe-to-toe with their Group B rivals.

"It's a great game, Sunday night in Dublin, in the Aviva Stadium, the anticipation, it's a sellout for a long time, people are excited about the game, it has a real edge to it," said Kenny, speaking at the pre-match press conference.

"Holland have a great tradition, they've had a lot of great teams. This Dutch team had a strong World Cup and lost on penalties to Argentina, and they still got to the semi-finals of the Nations League as well but didn’t start so well.

"[That] was their best performance against Greece, they changed things around tactically and they played very well. So it's a very, very tough challenge ahead against Holland but one that we're happy to embrace and take on. We're excited by the game.

"Holland have players of the highest calibre, players with the top clubs. We've gone toe to toe with some of the best teams and we must raise our game and get our best victory yet as a team, that's what we'd have to do and that's the challenge for