St Patrick’s Athletic 1
Derry City 3
DERRY CITY BEAT St Pat’s 3-1 at Richmond Park tonight, going second in the table as a result.
Patrick McClean, Gerardo Bruna and Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe got the goals for the visitors, before Gary Shaw scored what proved to be a consolation for the Dublin side.
All four goals came in the first half, along with a red card. With just two minutes on the clock, McClean handed the Candystripes the dream start at Richmond Park but truth be told, Brendan Clarke should have done better between the posts.
A stunning Bruna free-kick doubled Derry’s lead, this time Clarke had no chance in goals.
Straight after, things went from bad to worse for Pat’s as Kevin Toner saw red for a reckless challenge, and Ogedi-Uzokwe soon took advantage of the numerical advantage to make it 3-0 just after the half-hour mark.
Shaw pulled one back for the hosts through a header from the restart, the game all but done and dusted with 32 minutes played.
The second half wasn’t just as frenetic or dramatic, with Pat’s enjoying most of the possession but failing to capitalise as the chances at both ends were few and far between.
Next up for Derry are the league leaders Shamrock Rovers at home on Friday, where a win would put them five behind the Hoops with a game in hand.
For Pat’s meanwhile, tonight’s result comes as a big blow to their title hopes as a challenge looks less and less likely. They host Sligo Rovers on Friday night.
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Even when on the bench he didn’t get game time. The coach doesn’t like or trust him. Saturday once again showed just how wrong O’connor has been all season
O’Connor is just all wrong for Leinster.
He has a very big chance next season with Leinster during the World Cup, midfield won’t be as competitive so he should get a good run of matches.
Mark if Darcy doesn’t make the World Cup squad, he’ll play 12 with t’eo at 13. Then Madigan and sexton will be back so the midfield won’t be as easy to get into as you may think
That pop pass from O’Brien
Battle between him and Madigan for the 12 jersey next season.
It’s always to easy to see who coaches ‘just like/don’t like’. When Gopperth played badly it was ignored whereas when Madigan played mediocre or even if Reid played well decisions went against them.
It creates such a poisonous culture as some players start to feel entitled to spots and others feel it doesn’t matter how well they play they won’t get picked. Cody and Fergusson were masters at disregarding players identities and judging on match performance alone. MOC is such a stink manager.