McAuley takes the positives    • Last Updated: September 8 2012,
13:38 BST  Gareth McAuley was pleased with the way his side went
about their work against Russia on Friday night, despite
beginning their World Cup campaign with a 2-0 defeat.  Gareth
McAuley: 'We did what we wanted to do'  Russia, ranked 13th in
the FIFA standings to Northern Ireland's 129th, were always
expected to win but never ran riot as the visitors were breached
just once in each half.  McAuley was one of the visiting side's
standout performers in Moscow, putting in a tireless display at
the back to help keep his side within sight of an unlikely draw
for much of the match.  The West Brom defender is used to trying
to upset the odds against some of the Barclays Premier League's
top sides and believes Michael O'Neill's team did a decent job
of getting under Russia's skin.  "We did what we wanted to do
last night and that was frustrate," he said.  "We had a lot of
our senior players back for this match and there are lots of
caps at this leve