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Conor Hazard celebrates after Plymouth's stunning FA Cup win over Liverpool

Conor Hazard hopes his starring role in Plymouth’s FA Cup giantkilling run will boost his Northern Ireland chances.

Goalkeeper Hazard helped Plymouth stun Brentford and champions-elect Liverpool before their run was ended by Manchester City at the start of this month.

Hazard, who started his career at Celtic, missed the Nations League campaign because of an ankle operation and is back for the friendlies against Switzerland on Friday and Sweden on Tuesday.



Hazard, 27, who has five clean sheet from his eight caps, aims to impress boss Michael O’Neill, especially because he has dropped former No 1 Bailey Peacock-Farrell to the standby list.

“At Plymouth, we’re a team that wants to test ourselves against the best teams in the world,” he said.

But at the end of the day, it’s about controlling the controllables and I’m doing what I can for Plymouth and putting in some good performances.

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“I’m just looking forward to seeing what happens with Northern Ireland.

We’ve got the World Cup qualifiers starting in September and I hugely want to be part of that.”

Hazard is battling Sheffield Wednesday’s Pierce Charles for the No 1 shirt and he is much more experienced than the 19-year-old, having made 21 appearances for Plymouth this season as they battle relegation.

Charles has made just 11 senior appearances, including Northern Ireland’s last four matches.

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The Pilgrims are still bottom of the Championship, despite their upturn under boss Miron Muslic, and Hazard says they need to replicate their cup form in the league.

“Games are running out very quickly now,” he said.
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