By Damian Spellman, Press Association Sport
Published: 18:15 GMT, 25 March 2019 | Updated: 18:18 GMT, 25 March 2019
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Jeff Hendrick is happy to take on some of the responsibility for ending the Republic of Ireland's goalscoring drought.
The Burnley midfielder's strike at the Victoria Stadium on Saturday evening was enough - if only just - to hand Ireland, who had scored only four times in their previous nines games, an opening Euro 2020 qualifier victory over Gibraltar.
It came after he had been challenged to do just that by new manager Mick McCarthy and coach Terry Connor, and it is something he would dearly love to repeat on a regular basis with Tuesday night's clash with Georgia at the Aviva Stadium the next opportunity.
Jeff Hendrick is hoping to put an end to Ireland's barren goalscoring run
Hendrick, who last found the back of the net for his country in Serbia in September 2016, said: 'We didn't score enough goals recently, and that's down to us as players.
'We've been told to get into the box and try to score goals, so it's down to us on the pitch to really work hard to get in there and get on the end of crosses