Obviously the Irish and Welsh fans were glued to the fortunes of their own teams last night but for fans in England, they enjoyed the choice of watching either match and it would seem many inexplicably chose to watch Wales v Moldova. And undoubtedly the biggest talking point was the performance of one Ben Woodburn.
Given the quality of the game in Georgia on Saturday, you could forgive them for choosing events in Chișinău I suppose, but funnily enough, among those who ended up seeing some of last night's Ireland game was Welshman, Robbie Savage. His assessment? Damning of Eamon Dunphy.
In Ireland... great result for Wales! Just listening to this guy on TV talking nonsense about @FAIreland performance... who is he?!! pic.twitter.com/QB2aKS5bXy
— Robbie Savage (@RobbieSavage8) September 5, 2017
Elsewhere, Matt Le Tissier was singing off the same hymn sheet as Richie Sadlier, as he wondered why Ireland's delivery was poor, while former Soccer AM presenter Max Rushden felt every bit annoyed as us with the Serbian players' antics towards the end of the game.
Have these Irish boys forgotten where the danger area is when crossing a ball??
— Matt Le Tissier🌸 (@mattletiss7) September 5, 2017
The Serbians finding this ground pretty slippy at the moment
— Max Rushden 💙 (@maxrushden) September 5, 2017
However, the main talking point in both Wales and England was the performance of new Lord and Saviour, Ben Woodburn, as he helped the Welsh overcome a Moldovan side they had struggled to break down.
The Liverpool youngster didn't manage to get on the scoresheet again but he did bring new life to their attacked and set up Wales' opening goal, 20 minutes after being introduced.
Fantastic result for Wales - October 9th - Ireland in Cardiff will be fantastic.
— Gabby Logan (@GabbyLogan) September 5, 2017
Robson-Kanu scores a crucial goal for Wales after truly sparkling work from young Ben Woodburn once again.
— Gary Lineker 💙💛 (@GaryLineker) September 5, 2017
Wales have rediscovered formula that got them to Euro 2016: clean sheets, squeaky wins. Difference now is match-winner is Woodburn not Bale.
— Tom Williams (@tomwfootball) September 5, 2017
Whopping win for Wales. Great stuff. That Woodburn looks a bit tidy.
— Dan Walker (@mrdanwalker) September 5, 2017
I don't want to get ahead of myself or anything; but Woodburn is the greatest Welsh player of all time. pic.twitter.com/gm373CrdkB
— LFC Fans Corner (@LFCFansCorner) September 5, 2017
Retweet if you would let Ben Woodburn borrow your ID pic.twitter.com/8KiRfmJlXX
— Welsh Fan Zone TV 🏴 (@WelshFanZoneTV) September 5, 2017
The Welsh fans already have a chant for their new hero, which of course has been jumped on already by everyone in Liverpool.
There's a Star Man, playing in red and white. His name is Benny Woodburn and he's fucking dynamite!
— LFCZA 🇿🇦 (@LFCZA) September 5, 2017
The Ben Woodburn song, courtesy of Wales fans. What's your thoughts Reds? #LFC pic.twitter.com/AoSN1ztKY8
— LFC Fans Corner (@LFCFansCorner) September 5, 2017
Chants aside, it seems Ireland will have to be wary of the new threat posed by the youngster, if we are to get a result in Cardiff next month.
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