WATCH: Roy Keane backs Colin Doyle after blunder

Colin Doyle: Expected to retain place despite error.

The Republic of Ireland goalkeeper allowed Nabil Fekir’s shot to squirm from his grasp and into the net as his side lost 2-0 to France in Paris on Monday evening, two days after Karius found himself in the firing line on social media following his horror show in Kiev.

Even the more measured reaction to the Liverpool man’s misfortune has seen his continued presence at Anfield called into question, but Doyle, 32, who was making just his third senior appearance for Ireland, will take his mishap on the chin and look to move on.

Out of contract at the end of next month, Doyle said: “Other than the obvious mistake, I was happy with my performance. However, nobody will look at how I did, people will probably just talk about the error.

“People won’t look at the saves I made, but look, its part and parcel of football. Look at the Liverpool lad on Saturday. He made a couple of errors to lose the Champions League and I felt sorry for him.

“I’m big and strong enough to take it, so I’ll move on.”

The Republic were already trailing 1-0 to Olivier Giroud’s strike at the Stade de France when Fekir took aim a minute before the break.

Doyle, who had to wait 10 years and 304 days for his second cap, but only 66 more days for his third, got his hands to the ball, only to see it loop up off his gloves and drop into the net behind him.

Doyle revealed he had earned the praise of assistant manager Roy Keane for his resilience.

He said: “It came through a few bodies, I was unsighted. Look, I should have kept it out, I should have done better. I sort of got two hands on it.

“I didn’t know where it was, to be honest. I pushed it and it sort of went up. I thought I pushed it wide, but then I looked up around me and saw it come down under the bar. I tried to get it up, but it was too late.

“You just have to try to forget it. Roy said to me after the game, ‘Well done because it’s how you recover from mistakes.’ He said I did well other than that.”

Doyle got his chance because of injuries to Darren Randolph, Rob Elliot and Keiren Westwood and is likely to be retained for Saturday’s friendly against the USA.