Stephen Kenny insists he is not worried about his job after seeing his Republic of Ireland team slip to an embarrassing home World Cup qualifying defeat by Luxembourg.

Gerson Rodrigues' 85th-minute strike secured an unlikely 1-0 victory at the Aviva Stadium for the team ranked 98th in the world and left both Ireland's qualification hopes in tatters and new manager Kenny without a single win in his 10 games to date.

But asked afterwards if he feared for his position in the wake of a dark evening in Dublin, he replied: "No, I don't, no. I don't at all."

"Listen, the players' morale was good going into the game, their attitude was good, they were determined to get a result.

"There wasn't a complacency – we knew that Luxembourg had pushed Ukraine tight last year 1-0 and Ukraine had won that group with Portugal and Serbia. We knew they had done well and had taken points in the Nations League, so we weren't complacent in any way.

"But it ended up being a pretty even match, which is disappointing. Obviously we had more of the play. We thought James Collins had scored – it would have been an outstanding team goal – in the first half, but we didn't create enough to be honest, in that period.

"We're very disappointed to say the least."