Northern Ireland 0-1 Greece: Ian Baraclough's men suffer opening home defeat in Nations League campaign

 Match report of UEFA Nations League Group C2 at Windsor Park as Northern Ireland suffer opening night defeat to Greece; Gus Poyet wins his first competitive match as Greece boss thanks to Anastasios Bakasetas' winner

Northern Ireland's wait for a Nations League victory goes on after their campaign began with yet another dispiriting result as Ian Baraclough's side were beaten 1-0 at home by Greece.

Despite the best efforts of another sell-out crowd at Windsor Park, Northern Ireland were too flat for too long, only raising their game when two 34-year-olds - Kyle Lafferty and Niall McGinn - came off the bench to chase a result in the final half an hour.

But they could find no answer to Tasos Bakasetas' 39th-minute strike for the visitors as Gus Poyet took victory in his first competitive game in charge of Greece.

It means Northern Ireland are still without a win after 11 attempts in the Nations League, while Baraclough has only one victory in the same number of fixtures at Windsor Park in all competitions.

"We looked like a team who hadn't played for a while so we're frustrated," Baraclough said afterwards.

"We upped the tempo and showed more bravery on the ball in the second half and ultimately we've lost the game from a breakaway having lost the ball in the middle of the pitch which had us on the backfoot.