Northern Ireland facing Nations League relegation after late collapse in Vienna

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Northern Ireland are on the brink of Nations League relegation after Austria's late comeback saw them lose 2-1 in Vienna.

Ian Baraclough's side were closing in on a much-needed victory when Josh Magennis gave the visitors the lead in the 74th minute.

However, substitutes Louis Schaub (81) and Adrian Grbic (87) struck in the final 10 minutes to complete the turnaround as Northern Ireland's difficult week got worse.

It caps a miserable four days for Northern Ireland following their Euro 2020 play-off defeat to Slovakia last Thursday and they now must beat Romania on Wednesday to have any chance of avoiding relegation from League B of the Nations League.

The Republic are also having a tough time in the competition:

 

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