How five minutes of madness reopened some old wounds for Stephen Kenny’s Ireland

Artak Dashyan is shown a red card by referee Rade Obrenovic after a late penalty was awarded against Armenia at the Aviva last night. Photo: Sportsfile

Daniel McDonnell

FOR those who subscribe to the theory that results are all that matter, then the madness of this second half must have presented a test of the philosophy.

Stephen Kenny was minutes away from what might have been the toughest blow of all to explain when video technology came to his rescue.