Republic of Ireland comfortably beat Oman 4-1 in an international friendly at Craven Cottage.

Giovanni Trapattoni tried an experimental, youthful side with Manchester United youngster Robbie Brady and Sunderland midfielder David Meyler making their senior debuts, whilst leaving James McClean on the bench following his Twitter outburst on Friday night.

However, the Wigan goalkeeper could do nothing about Ireland’s second. Kevin Doyle got on the end of another deep free kick to flick the ball back to debutant Brady to volley home from 20 yards.

Brady was only called up to the team on Saturday and he was tormenting the Oman full-backs every time he was on the ball and he further justified his first senior start by delivering a free kick after 36 minutes Doyle duly headed in from six yards out.

The first half saw Oman restricted to long-range efforts and that was the same again in the second. Al Farsi’s shot from distance after 57 minutes was Darren Randolph’s first test in goal after coming on at the break and he tipped it over brilliantly.

But Randolph’s opposite number was continually outshining everyone on the pitch, despite conceding three. Al-Habsi saved magnificently from Keogh’s curled effort and tipped James McClean’s free kick around the post.

The resulting corner from the save saw the captain called into action again, this time blocking substitute Alex Pearce’s goal-bound effort.

James McClean could have had two in eight minutes after coming on. The second chance he had was a lovely left-footed volley which sliced just over the bar and they immediately paid the price for not putting the ball in the back of the net themselves.

Oman got a deserved goal back through their undying resolve when the ball fell to the feet of a composed Al Farsi after a bout of pinball in the area.

Alex Pearce got on the end of a corner to head home from the edge of the box to score his first senior goal on his debut to wrap the game up.