Updated at 08.15
Cork City 3
Sligo Rovers 2
CORK CITY MOVED back up to second place in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division as Mark O’Sullivan struck for an 88th-minute winner at Turner’s Cross.
Having let a two-goal lead slip when Sligo Rovers sub Kevin Devaney equalised, City pushed forward in a bid to avoid a third consecutive game without victory and O’Sullivan’s low finish provided the spark.
City had been set on their way inside 28 seconds, when Karl Sheppard got on the end of Dan Murray’s clearance and slipped the ball past Richard Brush.
When the excellent Gavan Holohan was fouled for an 11th-minute penalty, Sheppard’s shot was at a nice height for Brush.
Sheppard did make it 2-0 on the half-hour as he sent home the rebound after Liam Miller’s shot hit the post, but Sligo pulled a goal back before half-time.
It was almost their first attack, but John Russell managed to get enough on Steven Beattie’s low cross.
The hosts didn’t have as much attacking verve in the second half, though Holohan did head a corner off the bar and over. Devaney looked to have made them pay as he prodded home after a scramble from a corner, but O’Sullivan had the final say.
CORK CITY: Mark McNulty; John Kavanagh, Dan Murray, Darren Dennehy, Kevin O’Connor; Colin Healy, Liam Miller; Kieran Djilali (Billy Dennehy 70), Gavan Holohan (Danny Morrissey 82), Karl Sheppard (Rob Lehane 85); Mark O’Sullivan.
SLIGO ROVERS: Richard Brush; Alan Keane (Rafael Cretaro 90), Gary Boylan, Stephen Folan, Jake Dykes (Danny Ledwith half-time); David Cawley, Eoin Wearen; Steven Beattie, John Russell, Sander Puri (Kevin Devaney 70); Dinny Corcoran.
Referee: Robert Harvey (Dublin).
Great save by Kelleher near the end. Comfortable afternoon for him
Top player.
Super performance and result albeit against a woeful Watford. Unlikely to be a worse performance by any PL team this season. Salah is unbelievable and his goal was magical, give him the contract his performances and goals deserve. Great to see Firmino scoring. Though Kelleher had nothing to do he kept his concentration to make a very good save at the end. Gonna be a tight title race. Surprised Salah and Mane played the 90 minutes, Minamino could have done with game time especially against that Watford team.
Mo Salah is WOW!!! a pleasure to watch him…..Firmino not bad either : )
Time to sack Ranieri…….
@John S: dilly ding dilly dong
@Heckler davies: dilly ding, dilly gone
Class win and 3 more handy points. We will be hard to stop This season as we put last seasons blip behind us
Danny Rose will sleep tonight. Great performance against an albeit poor side!!
Give Mo all the money. Almost 0% chance of being able to replace him
Lewandowski and Salah are the best players in the world on current form.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a PL side as bad as that Watford side today….if they lost 10-0 it wouldn’t have been a surprise! Woeful…
@Ottomaaan: you forgot to mention that they were up against a solid side with a rampant front three, there, I fixed it for you…. :)
@Gordon Larney: no need to fix anything. That was the worst performance I’ve ever seen from a PL side, dreadful stuff and Liverpool could have put 10 past them.
@Ottomaaan: have to agree. I was at the game and never seen such a bad performance from a PL team.
Salah in great form. But how long canhe hold that form? He has 20-25 goals in him a season, but he’s up and down. If he held this form, he’d be close to 40 goals?
Bigger tests against Athletico and United on the way.
@Finn Faulkner: did you like your own comment…
@Finn Faulkner: how long can he do that. ? He has been doing it for the last 4 seasons. 104 goals in 166 games in the Premier league but you think he should score more. Okay so
@Finn Faulkner: you’re gonna need bigger bait on that hook ….
@WESHALLNOTBEMOVED: But by that metric 4 seasons at 40 goals would be 160 goals. He hasn t done that. But my point is that if he can keep that killer hat on his head for a prolonged period, and with our squad almost injury free, he could break records for us. I’m HOPING he keeps this lethal form indefinitely. He still can’t be put in the Messi/Ronaldo category until he starts being seriously clinical. I’d love to see him win the Balloon d’Or this year (or the next)
@len len: No, but seeing as you need likes, here, have mine. Have a lovely day.
@WESHALLNOTBEMOVED: you included his Chelsea stats there, it’s 102 in 153 for Liverpool
@Shane Roche: It’s still an amazing number of goals per season, but I think he can go even further, he needs to keep this current form. Biggest tests are against Athletico and then United.
That salah. Goal was pure roy of the rovers.. Pure art.. He must be a great dancer..
As good as Liverpool are, and they are really good. This in my opinion is all about Klopp.