Top rated players in the First Division 1986/87

Ratings: The People.

7,28 Trevor Steven (Everton)
7,16 Glenn Cockerill (Southampton)
7,12 Ray Houghton (Oxford)
7,10 Neil McNab (Man City)
7,09 Kevin Sheedy (Everton)
7,07 Viv Anderson (Arsenal), Mark Ward (West Ham)
7,04 Clive Allen (Tottenham), Neil Webb (Nott'm Forest)
7,03 Ian Rush (Liverpool), Steve Bruce (Norwich)
7,00 Steve McMahon (Liverpool), John Barnes (Watford)
6,96 Jimmy Case (Southampton)
6,95 Tony Cottee (West Ham), David Bennett (Coventry)

Player ratings Ireland 1-5 Denmark

1-0 6' Shane Duffy h., 1-1 29' Andreas Christensen r. (Pione Sisto), 1-2 32' Christian Eriksen r. (Nicolai Jørgensen), 1-3 63' Christian Eriksen l. (Pione Sisto), 1-4 74' Christian Eriksen r., 1-5 90' Nicklas Bendtner PK (Nicklas Bendtner). Att: 50.000 (Aviva Stadium, Dublin).

Ireland: Darren Randolph 6,30 - Stephen Ward 4,70, Shane Duffy 6,00, Ciaran Clark 5,50 (71' Shane Long), Cyrus Christie 5,40, David Meyler 5,40 (46' Wes Hoolahan 5,70), Jeff Hendrick 5,00, Robbie Brady 5,20, Harry Arter 5,10 (46' Aiden McGeady 5,20), Daryl Murphy 5,40, James McClean 5,60. - coach: Martin O'Neill. = average: 5,42 [feeble]

Denmark: Kasper Schmeichel 5,80 - Andreas Christensen 6,40, Simon Kjær 6,40, Andreas Bjelland 6,20, Jens Stryger Larsen 5,80 (54' Peter Ankersen 5,80), William Kvist 6,60, Christian Eriksen 8,30, Thomas Delaney 6,40, Yussuf Poulsen 6,30 (70' Andreas Cornelius 5,80), Nicolai Jørgensen 6,80 (84' Nicklas Bendtner), Pione Sisto 7,10. - coach: Åge Hareide. = average: 6,44 [strong]

Player ratings Belgium 3-0 Ireland.

1-0 48' Romelu Lukaku l. (Kevin De Bruyne), 2-0 61' Axel Witsel h. (Thomas Meunier), 3-0 70' Romelu Lukaku l. (Eden Hazard). Att: 39.493 (Bordeaux).

Belgium: Thibaut Courtois 6,10 - Toby Alderweireld 6,40, Thomas Vermaelen 6,20, Jan Vertonghen 6,10, Thomas Meunier 6,80, Axel Witsel 6,90, Kevin De Bruyne 6,90, Eden Hazard 6,60, Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco 5,90 (64' Dries Mertens 6,00), Mousa Dembélé 6,30 (57' Radja Nainggolan 6,00), Romelu Lukaku 7,20 (83' Christian Benteke). - coach: Marc Wilmots 6,80. = average: 6,42 [strong]

Ireland: Darren Randolph 5,70 - Séamus Coleman 5,80, Ciaran Clark 5,20, John O'Shea 5,40, Stephen Ward 5,20, Robbie Brady 5,90, Glenn Whelan 5,50, James McCarthy 5,20 (62' James McClean 5,40), Jeff Hendrick 5,90, Wes Hoolahan 5,60 (71' Aiden McGeady 5,70), Shane Long 5,80 (79' Robbie Keane). - coach: Martin O'Neill 5,40. = average: 5,56 [failing]

Player ratings Ireland 1, Germany 6.

0-1 32' Reus, 0-2 40' Reus, 0-3 55' Özil penalty, 0-4 58' Klose, 0-5 61' Kroos, 0-6 83' Kroos, 1-6 92' Keogh. Att: 51.150 (Aviva Stadium, Dublin).
Ireland: Westwood 4,60 - Coleman 4,60, O'Shea 4,60, O'Dea 4,50, S. Ward 4,50 - McCarthy 4,60, Andrews 4,50, Fahey 5,00 (51' Long 5,10) - Cox 4,50 (84' Brady), McGeady 4,60 (69' Keogh 6,10) - Walters 6,10.  - coach: Trapattoni. = average: 4,87 [outrageous]
Germany: Neuer 6,10 - J. Boateng 6,60, Mertesacker 6,30, Badstuber 6,10, Schmelzer 7,00 - Khedira 6,50 (46' Kroos 7,50), Schweinsteiger 7,00 - T. Müller 7,00, Özil 7,10, Reus 8,10 (66' Podolski 6,50) - Klose 7,50 (72' Schürrle). - coach: Löw. = average: 6,87 [superb]