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Jonny Evans played through pain in Northern Ireland's defeat by Russia

Sunday 9 September 2012 09:26, UK

Jonny Evans: Northern Ireland defender played through the pain in the World Cup qualifier against Russia
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Jonny Evans admits he was happy to be back on the pitch for Northern Ireland, despite playing through the pain in the World Cup qualifying defeat by Russia.

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Evans is expecting a vastly different test when Luxembourg visit Windsor Park and he is hoping Northern Ireland will have more opportunity to attack. He added: "The really pleasing thing (about the Russia match) is that we all stuck together and that is going to be crucial throughout the campaign. "On Tuesday I would like to think we will have more of the ball and try to attack Luxembourg more. "Of course that is always a potential banana skin for us but people will be expecting us to put on a show and get a win. "We are happy with most of our play in Russia but we know it is a different task on Tuesday and hopefully we will get our campaign at Windsor Park off to the best start."

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