Overview
- Hungary raced 2-0 ahead inside 15 minutes through Barnabas Varga and Roland Sallai after shaky Irish defending.
- Evan Ferguson halved the deficit early in the second half, finishing after Ryan Manning’s free-kick was parried.
- Sallai received a straight red card for raking his studs down Dara O’Shea’s Achilles, leaving Hungary with 10 men.
- Ryan Manning supplied the stoppage-time cross that Adam Idah headed past Dénes Dibusz to secure a point.
- Heimir Hallgrimsson praised Ireland’s character, while Hungary coach Marco Rossi criticised the refereeing; Portugal’s 5-0 win in Armenia set the pace as Ireland travel to Yerevan on Tuesday.