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HEIMIR HALLGRÍMSSON has warned his players there can be no more sloppy seconds.

Ireland impressed on Friday against Senegal but were dire against Luxembourg, despite hitting the woodwork twice.

His side will begin their World Cup campaign with a similar double-header, hosting Hungary before travelling to Armenia.

And Hallgrímsson said: “Let’s be honest, we’re not happy with this performance.

“It’s good to keep a clean sheet but we all felt that in the first half we were sloppy, the game was boring in the first half.

“All the good things we did against Senegal were missing, all the quick movement, the press, the ball speed – so sloppy.

“We were so different from all the things we want to represent. We lost duels, we lost ball, our rotations were slow, our pressing was more individual than collective.

“It was not tactical, I think it was just focus. We were not doing the things we did four days ago.

“We changed in the second half, we had more tempo, and won more duels.

“But it was not good enough. We always like answers to questions and this one is a negative one, so we at least know that.

We can take a lot of things into account, mostly psychological and mental, we know it’s the end of the season and going in the off-season the players are probably thinking ‘I don’t want to get injured’.

“But there is no excuse. We made Luxembourg look like a really good team. They are a good team but we made them look even better.

“We go in September and play the higher ranked team first, like we did now, and then the lower ranked team away.

“So this is definitely something that we can learn from. We must play the same way against everyone.

“Whether it’s a friendly at the end of season or a group stage game, we need to play the same way all the time.

“I think this game will just teach us a lesson. 

“We had some chances but still even if we won the game we wouldn’t be happy with the performance. We must look at the performance first.”

Evan Ferguson endured a tough outing upfront but Hallgrímsson had some sympathy for him.

He said: “We are the ones giving him playing time so he should be happy to get games.

“We all know what he can do and hopefully he starts the new season well. That would be a big plus for us. It’s difficult to demand something from someone who hasn’t had game time. 

“He’s been really sharp in training but he was probably tired at the end. We wanted him to play 90 minutes but we didn’t want him to get injured.”

There was one positive with Max O’Leary keeping a clean sheet on his debut, six years after he was first called into the squad.

He said: “He has always shown up and supported the keeper who has been no 1 who has been Caoimhín Kelleher since I came in and Gavin Bazunu before.

“He’s just a fantastic team player but also a good goalkeeper and the fans got to see that.”

STRICTLY star Wynne Evans is to marry his girlfriend after proposing on holiday in Morocco, The Sun can reveal.

The opera singer, 53, got down on one knee in Marrakesh on Saturday to propose to Liz Brookes who has loyally stood by him following his axing by the BBC.

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The happy couple are expected to wed next year.

Wynne shared snaps of the happy occasion and told fans: “Big news… I got engaged!

“This weekend in Morocco, somewhere between the couscous, the camels, and me limping around the souks like a man with no spatial awareness, I proposed to Liz — and she said yes! (No take-backs, I’ve checked.)

“She’s clever, she’s kind, she’s got excellent taste in men. Absolutely no idea how I pulled that off, but here we are!

“Feeling very lucky, very happy, and just a tiny bit smug.”

A source told The Sun: “It has been a tumultuous six months for Wynne but Liz has been his absolute rock throughout.

“Finally some wonderful news for Wynne and his inner circle to celibate and everyone is chuffed for them both.

“He secretly bought an engagement ring and squirrelled it away for their holiday, and then popped the question over champagne.

“Liz has been incredible over the past few months, supporting him through thick and thin, and had his back throughout, but obviously Wynne is telling everyone she’s a lucky girl!” Liz, 50, who runs her own successful events company in Cardiff, met the star at one of her do’s in Wales.

He asked her out for a coffee the next day, and they have been together for the past 18 months.

News of the engagement comes after the BBC confirmed it would not be renewing the Go Compare frontman’s rolling contract.

It followed a protracted internal investigation into claims he used an inappropriate sexual term at the official photocall of the Strictly tour in January.

B&M has slashed the price of massive Dairy Milk chocolate bars to just £1.

The budget retailer has reduced the price of the Cadbury fan favourite by a whopping 66 per cent.

Shoppers will be able to bag a bargain at the budget retailer, taking home the 850g chocolate bar for £2 less than usual.

The chocolate bars of plain Dairy Milk were once selling in B&M stores for £3.

Now shoppers will be able to get their hands on the massive chocolate block at a discounted price.

The bargain is subject to availability with stores that don’t usually stock the product not selling it at the discounted rate.

Cadbury is a fan favourite in the UK and is the second largest confectionary brand in the world.

The firm makes dozens of flavours of chocolate bars which are sold in stores across the UK.

Discounts and offers are often available for the bigger bars with smaller bars sometimes included in meal deals for a discounted rate.

The plain Dairy Milk chocolate bar offers no bells and whistles, just a large block of quality milk chocolate.

B&M are now offering nearly a kilogram of the British classic for just £1.

The massive discount offered by B&M will net punters a huge block of chocolate for next to nothing.

Typically 850g of Cadburys chocolate would set back shoppers anywhere between £3 and £5.

The offer can be snapped up at any B&M store as long as they have the snack in stock.

The budget retailer is known for its impressive deals and offers, regularly reducing fan favourite items by huge amounts.

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The current B&M discount works out at £1.17 per kilogram of chocolate.

The offer is currently active but no indication of when it will end has been given.

It could finish any moment so sweet tooth shoppers better be quick.

B&M often slashes the price of big name brands, with some items getting even cheaper if the B&M app is used.

The B&M app lets shoppers scan items while they are shopping to discover discounts and offers not listed on shelves.

IVAN TONEY looked glum as he watched on from the bench as England lost to Senegal.

The striker was recalled to the squad by Thomas Tuchel but played for just eight minutes including stoppage time across matches against Andorra and Senegal.

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And he looked stunned as he sat on the substitutes’ bench in the 70th minute as Noni Madueke prepared to come on.

ITV commentator Lee Dixon joked: “I might get on before Toney.”

England trailed 2-1 at the time and Tuchel had already brought on Morgan Rogers and Morgan Gibbs-White ahead of Toney.

The Al-Ahli striker had to wait until the 88th minute to try and impact the match, as fellow subs Madueke and Jude Bellingham had failed to do so.

Bellingham did find the net from close range but the goal was disallowed because a handball from Levi Colwill in the build-up, with Senegal going on to win 3-1.

Tuchel was asked after the match about his decision to leave Toney on the bench until the final few minutes.

He said: “First of all it was more than three minutes.”

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Ian Wright and Roy Keane showed sympathy after the match, suggesting he ought to have been brought on earlier.

Wright told ITV: “He’s seen him all week and didn’t look to put him on until late. I don’t know what he has seen in training that he may not like up to this point.

“I was very surprised not to see him come on… I would be disappointed if I was him.”

And Keane added: “If you’re Toney and you’re getting three, four, five minutes, you’re fuming.”

JUDE BELLNGHAM launched into an incredible meltdown on the pitch immediately after England’s embarrassing 3-1 defeat to Senegal.

The 22-year-old midfielder failed to keep his emotions in check following the full-time whistle as England lost to an African nation for the first time.

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A 93rd-minute punisher from Cheikh Sabaly put the final nail in England‘s coffin as they suffered a first loss under manager Thomas Tuchel.

Substitute Bellingham had a goal controversially disallowed for a handball by Levi Colwill, after the ball had hit the Chelsea star high on the arm in the 83rd minute.

The debatable decision late in the game left England stars and Tuchel fuming, as Colwill didn’t appear to deliberately touch the ball.

Regardless, England didn’t do enough to win and were lucky that the match was a friendly, with Tuchel still undefeated in the World Cup qualifiers.

But Bellingham was so frustrated that he kicked the ball into the air as referee Stephanie Frappart blew the whistle at the City Ground.

The Real Madrid star then kicked a water cooler before chasing after the assistant referee.

The former Bundesliga ace wasn’t the only one irritated with the decision, with captain Harry Kane hinting that the officials “didn’t know the rules”.

Tuchel also confronted Frappart and her team of officials in the middle of the pitch at full-time.

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Bellingham, however, quickly appeared to calm down and heartwarmingly gifted his shirt to a young fan on the pitch.

But the talented midfielder does have history of taking his frustrations out on objects after defeats.

He memorably kicked the VAR monitor in frustration after Real Madrid’s last-gasp defeat.

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