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Everton ace McGeady stars in Republic of Ireland Euro win

Everton ace Aiden McGeady was outstanding for the Republic of Ireland in their Euro2016 qualifying victory in Georgia.

The Everton winger struck twice, the second of them in the 90th minute, to clinch a 2-1 win at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi and earn the plaudits of both manager Martin O'Neill and skipper Robbie Keane.

O'Neill said: "He was the only player on the field that was scoring the goal. He really is a fantastic talent.

"He probably thinks at this age he should have been up there with the very finest players. He has that talent and he showed that tonight."

Keane said: "If you score a goal like that, you deserve to win the game. If anyone else did that, the top players in the world, you would be talking about it for a long time.

"The turn, the touch, the finish - only he could do that. No-one else on that field would have been able to do that."

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