Chris Coleman feared the sack

Wales manager Chris Coleman has claimed that he would have been sacked had his side lost to Macedonia on Friday night.

Simon Church's second senior international goal gave Wales a 1-0 win in Cardiff to move them away from the foot of Group A in World Cup qualifying.

"Had we lost this game, I would have been out the door, no doubt," Coleman told reporters. "It's a win and, for me as a manager, looking at our squad of players and all the pull-outs we had, I am delighted.

"I wanted us to look after the performance and we did that. We may have ridden our luck a bit but I thought we deserved to win.

"I enjoyed the win tonight more than any other because there has been a lot said and we were up against it. The players stood up to the test."

Coleman had 11 players missing from his initial squad selection.