Ni The 'strongest We've Been' - Peacock-farrell

Fifa World Cup qualifier: Slovakia v Northern Ireland

Venue: Kosice, Slovakia Date: Friday, 14 November Kick-off: 19:45 GMT

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Northern Ireland goalkeeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell feels Michael O'Neill's squad is "the strongest we've been" arsenic they hole for Friday's crunch World Cup qualifier distant to Slovakia.

With each to play for still successful Group A, Northern Ireland beryllium successful 3rd place, 3 points down some Germany and Slovakia pinch their last crippled to travel astatine location to Luxembourg connected Monday astatine Windsor Park (19:45 GMT).

A repetition of October's location triumph complete Slovakia would put them successful a patient position to unafraid astatine slightest 2nd spot successful nan group and a play-off spot.

Peacock-Farrell, who has won 52 world caps since making his debut successful 2018 but is yet to play astatine a awesome tournament, feels this is possibly his champion chance yet.

"It's ace exciting. The opportunity that we person is immense. I do judge we're nan strongest we've been," said nan 29-year-old.

"In position of looking backmost you would person said that possibly conscionable aft we were difficult done by aft Euro 2016 successful position of nan play-offs, but looking astatine nan squad now, it's breathtaking pinch truthful overmuch energy, enthusiasm and conscionable fearlessness.

"The level that everyone's playing astatine arsenic good is precocious and I still judge that immoderate of these players person sewage different mates of levels to go.

"I've sewage much to springiness arsenic well. There's truthful overmuch much ceiling arsenic good for nan squad that we tin continue. These adjacent games and nan games aft and possibly a tourney tin only thief elevate that arsenic well."

The on-loan Blackpool goalkeeper came backmost into nan starting squad for nan World Cup qualifiers owed to a enarthrosis wounded keeping Pierce Charles retired of nan past 4 games.

With Conor Hazard and Luke Southwood besides waiting successful nan wings, title for nan number 1 jersey is fierce and Peacock-Farrell feels it is up to him to clasp his spot successful nan team.

"I've sewage that opportunity astatine this infinitesimal and Pierce sewage his opportunity erstwhile I was injured and took it and rightly so, adjacent play to him," he added.

"When Pierce comes back, we've sewage myself, Pierce, Conor and Luke. We've sewage a awesome group for Michael to pick, truthful it's a lawsuit of conscionable doing what you tin power and that's your performances astatine nine level and erstwhile you person nan Northern Ireland garment on."

Northern Ireland's 2-0 triumph against Slovakia astatine Windsor Park is regarded arsenic 1 of nan champion performances successful either of Michael O'Neill's tenures.

However, location is nary guarantee it will beryllium a akin communicative successful Kosice pinch Peacock-Farrell accepting he will perchance "be busier".

"They're going to person immoderate cardinal players back, we're missing a fewer cardinal players but I deliberation they'll besides beryllium wary that we put a batch of harm onto them successful position of really we knocked them down to reality aft their precocious of beating Germany.

"We were unthinkable against Slovakia and felt difficult done by against Germany. We're really successful beautiful bully shape and playing really well.

"Away games successful world shot are reliable but we're not worried astir it, we're alert of their qualities arsenic pinch each crippled but looking backmost astatine my full profession pinch Northern Ireland, I'm looking astatine this squad and it's really, really promising and it's exciting.

"There's truthful overmuch belief and enthusiasm and wide expertise arsenic good successful this team. It's awesome to beryllium a portion of."