Late goal gives Macedonia Under-21s victory in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland have fallen to a late 2-1 defeat to Macedonia in an Under-21 Euro 2017 qualifier at Mourneview Park.

Macedonia created the first chance of the match in the 24th minute but Visar Musliu's header went over the bar from less than six yards.

Musliu came close to scoring 10 minutes later before a header from Daniel Avramovski rebounded off the post.

Northern Ireland opened the scoring just two minutes before the break when Josh Doherty headed in from a corner.

Macedonia were level just a minute after the restart when half-time substitute Viktor Angelov found Enis Bardi who curled the ball round Conor Brennan.

Musliu nearly gave his side the lead in the 72nd minute, but could not reach a cross with the goal open.

Barcelona youngster David Babunski then hit the post with 10 minutes remaining, just moments before Mikhail Kennedy missed a one-on-one chance at the other end.

Kire Markovski gave Macedonia the victory in the 85th minute when he slotted the ball past Brennan from inside the penalty area.