Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill praises Conor Bradley's attitude after he scores both goals in the 2-0 win over Andorra.
Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill praised Conor Bradley's attitude after the 20-year-old scored both goals in his side's 2-0 win over Andorra in Murcia on Tuesday night.
"We've got a really special young player who can only continue that way," said O'Neill, whose side returned to winning ways after a"He trains that like that, he always trains at his maximum and I think at times the other younger players feed off that."While predominantly a right-back for his club in the Premier League, O'Neill has used Bradley further forward in recent games and said he has even considered deploying him as a central midfielder.
"I think there's certain games where, if we played with a midfield three, he'd be suited to play as a right eight."In a game played in front of just 400 supporters in the Estadio Nueva Condomina, Northern Ireland fans urged Bradley to shoot whenever and wherever he picked up the ball in the second half, hoping to see Northern Ireland's first hat-trick since David Healy against Liechtenstein in March 2007.
"There's something about getting in those positions and taking chances. We had other chances in the game that we should have done better from.
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