IT’S HEADS WE WIN
RATINGS by PAUL O’HEHIR irishmirror.ie/sport/football
CORK CITY
MARK MCNULTY 6 Mistimed punch for Hoare’s goal but thwarted Benson close in CONOR MCCARTHY Booked 8 Decent job keeping Duffy under wraps but picked up yellow card ALAN BENNETT Booked 6 Solid early on but Dundalk stretched him late on
SEAN MCLOUGHLIN 7 Key clearance to deny Hoban with Benson header saved SHANE GRIFFIN 6 Cleared off the line from Gartland but at fault for the winner CONOR MCCORMACK 6 Tidy breaking up play and mopping up ball from deep GEAROID MORRISSEY 5 Played through pain barrier and forced off with a hamstring issue JIMMY KEOHANE 5 Isolated out wide for spells and
little touches didn’t come off GARRY BUCKLEY 7 Vicious shot saved in the first half and put himself about KIERAN SADLIER 6 First player since 1974 to score in every round in one season KARL SHEPPARD 7 Patron saint of lost causes and always worked his socks off SUBS:
BARRY MCNAMEE (Morrissey 67) GRAHAM CUMMINS (Keohane 75) CIAN MURPHY (Mccormack 85)
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DUNDALK
GARY Top notch ROGERS save right at the death 7 to deny Sadlier from distance SEAN GANNON MOTM 8 Sublime, inch perfect cross to tee Mceleney up for the winner BRIAN GARTLAND 7 Close to scoring only for Griffin to clear his header off the line
SEAN HOARE 6 Hero to villain after scoring and conceding penalty in 60 seconds DANE MASSEY 6 Safe pair of feet and always had Keohane in his back pocket CHRIS SHIELS Booked 6 A little too physical and skating on thin ice after an early card ROBBIE BENSON 6 Timely return after injury and saw a threatening header saved JOHN MOUNTNEY 5 Close to scoring in opening
minutes but subbed on the hour PATRICK MCELENEY 6 Subdued showing until he stepped up to grab the headlines MICHAEL DUFFY 6 Found Mccarthy a tough nut but should have scored at the death PATRICK HOBAN 6 Survived the injury scare and never gave the defence peace
SUBS: JAMIE MCGRATH (Mountney 58) DAN CLEARY (Gannon 86) DEAN JARVIS (Benson 90)