Paul McShane has admitted he faces a battle to make Ireland's Euro 2016 squad after enduring a difficult time against Slovakia on Tuesday night.
A penalty each from Shane Long and James McClean helped Ireland earn a 2-2 draw at Aviva Stadium but the Reading captain was involved in both the visitors' goals.
McShane misjudged a header just inside his own half after 14 minutes which allowed Eric Sabo to break through and pass for Miroslav Stoch to break the deadlock.
"The ball just bounced and I thought I could get there so I threw my head at it and he just got a flick over my head," McShane told RTÉ Sport.
"He broke through and squared it and they scored. It was bad mistiming from myself, maybe I should have just retreated back a little bit."
Just before half-time, it appeared that McShane had deflected Peter Pekarik's cross into his own net but he claimed Slovak attacker Robert Vittek had handled the ball.
"The second one, he got a run across me and I was thinking it would come at me mid-height.
"I was thinking 'I don't know how he's managed to get it in' and looking back he's thrown his hand across and got it on his hand.
As for his chances of making Martin O'Neill's final 23, McShane was brutally honest but not giving up hope.
"I don't know," he said. "It was disappointing on my behalf for the two goals tonight.
"Let's see what happens from now till the end of the season.
"It was disappointing to concede the two goals. As a defender you want to keep clean sheets.
"But there were times in the game where we did play some good stuff, had some good possession of the ball and created opportunities. That's the positives you can take away."
