Northern Ireland 3, Liechtenstein 1.

David Healy made sure that Nigel Worthington got off to a winning start as Northern Ireland manager.

The Fulham striker continued his remarkable scoring sequence to keep the province on course for the finals of the European Championship for the first time.

Healy grabbed a brace to take his tally to 11 goals in the campaign and 31 overall in 57 international appearances.

With Kyle Lafferty also scoring his first competitive goal, Northern Ireland were able to overtake Spain and move into second place in qualifying Group F behind Sweden.

Worthington was looking to build on the strong foundations laid by former boss Lawrie Sanchez and he certainly got his wish.

It took Healy just five minutes to make the breakthrough after coming close in the first 60 seconds following a surging run by Chris Brunt.

He showed what a natural finisher he is after Burnley striker Lafferty started the move.

Lafferty showed good skill on the byline and pulled the ball back to Keith Gillespie.

He whipped in a cross and Healy escaped his marker to head in his tenth goal of the qualifying campaign.

Northern Ireland, however, had a scare in the 18th minute when Mario Frick got on the end of a cross from Michele Polverino.

Healy, however, took advantage of a mistake by Michael Stocklasa to add a second goal in the 34th minute.

Stocklasa inexplicably played a free-kick across the face of goal and into the path of Northern Ireland's prolific striker. Healy wasted no time in accepting the gift, rattling a superb 20-yard shot beyond goalkeeper Peter Jehle.

Northern Ireland made it 3-0 in the 56th minute after a flowing move that delighted the crowd, before Liechtenstein grabbed a late consolation.