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Goals from Stanislav Sestak and substitute Filip Holosko either side of half-time saw the leaders cement their place at the top of Group Three.

Northern Ireland went into the match buoyant after a draw in Poland and Worthington said: "Nice things had been written and nice things said. You start believing you do not have to work as hard as you should. That's garbage. We got our rewards - nothing."

With Slovenia beating Poland, Northern Ireland slipped to third in the table after their first defeat at home in seven competitive games under Worthington.

It means they will need to beat the Czech Republic in their final qualifier in Prague next month if they are to have any hope at all of making the play-offs.

He added: "It is a mental thing when things are said by a lot of people and it is in their faces all the time, they take it on board.

"You try and get their feet on the ground to make sure things are right. We never started while they were bright and breezy.

"I feel gutted. If we had played for 90 minutes instead of 45 we would have taken something from the game. You are not going to win an international match with a 45-minute performance."

Worthington, who was in no mood to make excuses, said: "We haven't got Kyle Lafferty, this, that and the other but you have still got to go out and perform.

"It was a disappointment the way we played because we had worked so hard to get to where we were. I said it on Wednesday, we were so close yet so far. We are now far away through an inept performance."