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Shaun Maloney takes all of the applause and adulation from the stands at Celtic Park. The Wigan man curled in a beauty to give the Scots the win and leave Germany, Scotland and Republic of Ireland all on seven points.

Matthew Allatt: , externalUnbelievable that Greece can go from winning the competition 10 years ago to losing to the Faroe Islands.

The shock of the Euro 2016 qualifying week has come in Piraeus in Greece where Claudio Ranieri's side have been beaten 1-0 by Faroe Islands, who are ranked 187 in the world. That moves the Nordic islands above the 2004 champions, who now sit rock bottom of Group F. What now for Ranieri?

Another shock of sorts occurred in Nuremberg where world champions Germany only defeated Gibraltar 4-0. Thomas Muller scored twice in the win. They move to level on points with Republic of Ireland and Scotland on seven points in Group D - Poland lead with 10 points after their 4-0 win in Georgia.

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Relief and joy all round as Scotland get right back in the mixer.

And it's so close! Chris Martin flicks on the free-kick onto his own bar! The keeper's up for the corner! It's all going on. Scotland defend it well. Gordon Strachan having kittens...

Irish free-kick. Deep.

Ex-NI defender John O'Neill on BBC Radio Ulster

"When Michael O'Neill gets them together he can pick out the good points of tonight when we have defended well.

"But the point where we've fallen down is that, while we defended in Greece and Hungary, we haven't defended for prolonged spells in games like tonight. And that's something we need to work on, we shouldn't give ourselves so much defending to do."

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FOUR MINUTES added on. John O'Shea scored in stoppage time in Germany of course. Can the men in white do it again?

Would they though? Would they Ed?

Stephen Quinn takes the law into his own hands with a shocking tackle on the halfway line, leaves Charlie Mulgrew in a heap and is booked...

Daniel Woodley:, external David Marshall is one of the most underrated goalkeepers in world football. Always dominates his six yard box.

Ed Fairhead: , externalA fit Maloney, McCarthy and McArthur would probably dominate Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Cesc Fabregas.

Faroe Islands still lead Greece 1-0...

No real response from Northern Ireland to that second Romanian strike. Not much left in the tank.

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I wouldn't go as far as to say a Scotland win here would blow Group D open, but it would certainly leave it ajar. There's a draft coming in.

Ireland pump it long, Scotland pack the defence. Five minutes left...

Robbie Keane - once of Celtic - has not been able to get into the game since he came on. SIX MINUTES left at Celtic Park.

Ex-NI defender John O’Neill on BBC Radio Ulster

"I'm disappointed we haven't kept the ball better. I think that's a confidence thing. But at the end of the day, we're sitting with nine points from three away games and a home game.

"The Faroes are winning tonight as well, so it's still a good night to be a Northern Ireland fan.

"We knew it was going to be a tough game, and our qualification was not going to rest on this game, it's going to rest on two games with Faroes and Greece at home. Anything tonight would have been a bonus."

Robbie Brady whips in a testing cross from the right and the Irish have a corner. Tense times - and Scotland keeper David Marshall is then clattered as he takes the corner. Fine goalkeeping.

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He doesn't miss those! Two for Romania, two for defender Paul Papp! He steals in to meet a teasing back post cross and slams in a header from close range. That could well be that for the night.

That was Scotland's first competitive goal against the Republic of Ireland since May 1961.

Robbie Keane is belatedly introduced, in place of Jeff Hendrick. Can he save his side again?

In Group D, Scotland, Germany and the Republic of Ireland would now all be joint second on seven points.

In Group F, Romania are heading to the top and leapfrogging Northern Ireland.

Twelve minutes or so remain.