The Aston Villa centre-back inadvertently turned home Zlatan Ibrahimovic's excellent cross to deny his team-mates, after Wes Hoolahan's superb second-half opener. An own goal from Aston Villa defender Ciaran Clark gave Sweden a 1-1 draw with the Republic of Ireland in their opening game of Euro 2016 on Monday.

Wes Hoolahan's goal sparked scenes of joy amongst the Irish supporters at the Stade de France and it looked like Martin O'Neill's men would pick up their first points at a European Championship finals in 28 years and their first ever competitive win over Sweden.

But Sweden heaped pressure on the Irish goal and Clark suffered the anguish of costing his side two vital points when he headed Zlatan Ibrahimovic's cross into his own net.

Ireland worked tirelessly to try and take three points from their easiest-looking Group E fixture and deny Ibrahimovic the chance to make his mark on the tournament, but a tenacious first-half performance gave way to a tired final quarter and Sweden capitalised.

Ibrahimovic was well shackled for much of the game as he sought a goal in a record fourth European Championship and Cristiano Ronaldo can now beat him to the honour of that particular slice of tournament history when Portugal face Iceland on Tuesday.

The men in green shook off their early nerves and Jeff Hendrick drew a good save from Andreas Isaksson in the Sweden goal with a smart shot on the half-volley inside the opening 10 minutes.

Clark flashed a header across the face of goal that was inches away from John O'Shea as the defender slid in but the chance went begging as Ireland began to control the game.

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