Valentino Lazaro curled a delightful finish into the top corner with almost the last kick of the game to ensure Michael O'Neill's men finished without a point at the foot of Group 3 of League B.

Neither side was able to catch promoted Bosnia-Herzegovina and the contest reflected its dead-rubber status until Xaver Schlager's clinical 49th-minute opener.

Corry Evans looked to have given the already-relegated host reason to cheer when he ended Northern Ireland's three-match scoreless run with an equaliser, but it was ultimately dealt a fourth successive competitive defeat by Lazaro's perfectly timed first international goal.