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A defiant Stephen Kenny is refusing to contemplate his position despite seeing the Republic of Ireland\u2019s Euro 2024 qualification hopes ripped apart by the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

Three days after a 2-0 defeat by Group B leaders France in Paris left them facing the point of no return, Ireland went down 2-1 to the Dutch in Dublin to effectively slip out of contention for a top-two finish.<\/p>\n

Kenny, who was adamant in the build-up to the game that he still expected to be in charge for next month\u2019s double-header against Greece and Gibraltar whatever happened on Sunday evening, remained just as determined in the wake of a heart-breaking defeat.<\/p>\n

Asked about his future, he said: \u201cListen from my point of view, I\u2019m not thinking about that now. I\u2019m just very disappointed that we can\u2019t finish in the top two in the group. I\u2019m just very, very disappointed with that and it\u2019s gut-wrenching that we can\u2019t, you know?<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think France are the best team in the world, up a level. Holland are probably not at the level of France, but they\u2019re still\u2026 Argentina beat them in the World Cup on penalties.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have a lot of world-class players, but it\u2019s still one that when you take the lead like we did, you are capable of winning. But we didn\u2019t defend well enough overall to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kenny\u2019s men could hardly have got off to a better start when, having already caused panic in the Dutch defence, they were awarded a fourth-minute penalty for handball by Virgil van Dijk.<\/p>\n

Adam Idah, who had only previously scored one senior international goal \u2013 and that against Gibraltar in June \u2013 dispatched the resulting spot-kick with the confidence of a man with a far more impressive record and the locals among a crowd of 49,807 dared to believe.<\/p>\n

However, a defensive lapse allowed Denzel Dumfries through on goal and when he went down under keeper Gavin Bazunu\u2019s challenge, Cody Gakpo was equally decisive from 12 yards.<\/p>\n

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Ireland gave as good as they got before the break, prompting Ronald Koeman to send on Wout Weghorst and Tijjani Reijnders before the restart, and it was Weghorst who scored what proved to be the winner within 11 minutes when he converted from Dumfries\u2019 knock-down.<\/p>\n

Asked about the pressure on his shoulders, Kenny said: \u201cThere is pressure on, pressure from ourselves because we were desperate to go into the October window still very much in the hunt.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were desperate to do that, so there\u2019s that pressure from within ourselves, so we\u2019re disappointed with that, really disappointed with that.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom our point of view, we\u2019ve Greece and Gibraltar to prepare for in October, which is only a few weeks away, and Holland, so we have to finish the group strongly and see if we have a play-off [via the Nations League] in March then. We\u2019re not sure about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Koeman admitted he was far from happy at the break, but delighted with the way his players responded to his half-time message.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThe start was really poor. We expected high pressing from the Irish team, but we lost many balls in our possession and we did not have control in the game.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAfter 20, 25 minutes, it was a little bit more calmed down and the decision at half-time to change the system to play four at the back was a good decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter half-time, we controlled the game. Only in the last 10 minutes, maybe they brought the same pressing, but they did not create any chance to score and we defended well in the last part of the game, and finally I think it\u2019s a fair result.\u201d<\/p>\n

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