Crystal Palace ace is given a late breadcrumb by Northern Ireland manager on debut

By Alessandro Schiavone at Stade de Luxembourg

Nations League Matchday

Luxembourg 2-2 Northern Ireland

Goals: Price, Bradley (NI), Korac, Rodrigues (L)

After making his Premier League debut in the 2-0 home defeat against Fulham two weekends ago, Justin Devenny won his first cap for Northern Ireland in injury-time last night.

Despite the commanding two-goal lead, the Brits were pegged back by Luxembourg late on in a 2-2 draw.

Yet Martin O'Neill's men are through to the Nations League B all the same after topping the group ahead of Bulgaria, Belarus and tonight's rivals.

Isaac Price gave the Brits the lead when he made the most of Dion Charles' dummy to sweep past goalie Tiago Pereira. Liverpool's Conor Bradley then doubled the doubled when he headed home with the complicity of Luxembourg's goalkeeper at the far-post after the restart.

But the hosts were thrown a lifeline by defender Seid Korac who got on the end of ex-Huddersfield winger Danel Sinani's cross before Gerson Rodrigues volleyed home a deserved equalizer.

London-based duo Paul Smyth (QPR) and George Saville (Milwall) made six and 19-minute cameos respectively including injury-time.

But Devenny, who told Capital Football he's champing at the bit to face Newcastle United when the Premier League resumes this weekend, was ignored for 90 minutes by the ex-Stoke City boss before he was thrown a breadcrumb at the end.