NI 'full of confidence' for Bulgaria game - McNair

Northern Ireland defender Paddy McNair says nan squad is wished to travel up their winning commencement successful nan Nations League pinch different bully show against Bulgaria.

McNair, who tin besides play successful midfield, scored successful Thursday night's 2-0 triumph complete Luxembourg at Windsor Park.

Michael O'Neill's broadside now recreation to return connected Bulgaria successful Sunday evening's brushwood successful Plovdiv.

"It was a cleanable nighttime against Luxembourg and it was important to get nan run disconnected to a bully commencement - we sewage a cleanable expanse and a very bully 3 points," said nan 29-year-old.

"Away matches are ever harder but I deliberation nan group is afloat of assurance and hopefully we tin travel retired pinch 3 points."

Northern Ireland are nan early pacesetters successful League C Group 3 aft a goalless tie betwixt Belarus and Bulgaria 3 days ago.

Bulgaria hit Northern Ireland 2-1 astatine location successful nan 2022 World Cup qualifiers aft a stalemate successful Belfast.

"At location we dominated but we didn't return our chances successful nan first half," added McNair.

"We couldn't get nan shot successful nan backmost of nan nett truthful it's mostly much of nan aforesaid but this clip we return our chances."

Former Manchester United and Middlesbrough subordinate McNair signed for San Diego FC successful nan summertime and he will subordinate nan MLS broadside erstwhile a indebtedness spell astatine West Brom finishes astatine nan extremity of nan year.

McNair is 1 of only 3 players remaining successful nan squad to person featured astatine nan Euro 2016 finals and his passion for Northern Ireland remains beardown arsenic much young players travel into nan set-up.

"I effort to speak to nan younger players erstwhile I tin but we person immoderate very bully young players and they cognize what they are doing.

"I've ever had a batch of thrust playing for Northern Ireland - I perfectly emotion it and I'm looking guardant to getting retired connected that transportation connected Sunday."