Bohemians vs St Patrick's Athletic

2022 - 8 - 29

Post cover — Image courtesy of "The Irish Times"

Airtricity League round-up: St Patrick's Athletic too strong for ... (The Irish Times)

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While this left Bohs in an ominous position, they received a lifeline just past the hour mark. Having posed an early threat on the Bohs goal, Pat’s opened the scoring in the eighth minute. Dundalk introduced Sam Bone in a reshuffle and kept the home side at bay until the opener eventually arrived just before the hour-mark. Liivak was also a key figure in the early sending-off, after he broke on to Aidan Keena’s release, and was taken down by Darragh Leahy on 23 minutes. A loose pass sent Graydon galloping through on goal to be stopped by a combination of Clarke and Byrne before his luck held for the winner at the death. And though it took the home side over 30 minutes to take advantage of their numerical superiority, a late second goal by the influential Frank Liivak ensured they would take the three points that keeps alive their slim hopes of qualifying for European football once more.

St Pat's claim Dublin derby bragging rights with win over Bohs (Irish Examiner)

Goals at the start and end by two Munster men - Barry Cotter and Adam O'Reilly – boosted St Patrick's Athletic's European hopes and dented Bohemians' in ...

Atakayi was patient in his build-up to await support from Doyle and the ace marksman found the bottom corner with a sweet strike just outside the box on the right side. Rory Feely gave Bohs some semblance of hope by halving the arrears on 61 minutes but Cork native Adam O’Reilly sealed the points with a Pat’s third with a minute remaining. Just five players who started that day began this game – the Bohemians trio of Ciaran Kelly, Liam Burt, Tyreke Wilson outnumbering by a single body the St Pat’s pair Jamie Lennon and Chris Forrester. Through no fault of their own, St Pat’s had also lost their manager from that Cup triumph, Stephen O’Donnell, to Dundalk. Only Ollie Horgan, appointed a year earlier, has been in charge for longer at a current Premier Division club. Such was the space he created that he mightn’t have needed the nick off a defender and he was entitled to revel in the acclaim with the full house of away support at the school end.

St Pat's boost European hopes with derby victory over Bohemians (Independent.ie)

Bohemians suffered a major European setback at the hands of Dublin rivals St Patrick's Athletic at Dalymount Park on Monday night.

Josh Kerr’s loose defensive header was pounced on by Atakayi, who charged into the box before laying it off to Forrester to finish. And that defensive work paid off when the Saints doubled their lead on the stroke of half-time. The right wing-back collected a one-two from Forrester on half-way, jinked past three tackles and smashed a deflected effort in from just inside the box.

Saints beat Bohs as boo-boys make feelings known (RTE.ie)

St Patrick's Athletic inflicted a painful 3-1 home defeat on Dublin rivals Bohemians in a result that is likely to be crucial when European qualification is ...

However, Eoin Doyle’s shot flew just wide of the post. Bohs were soon in control, exacting increasing pressure on the St Patrick’s midfield and defence – O’Reilly picking up a yellow card in his bid to keep the home side at bay. St Patrick's Athletic inflicted a painful home defeat on Dublin rivals Bohemians in a result that is likely to be crucial when European qualification is decided at the end of the season.

St Patrick's Athletic take full advantage of Bohemians defensive ... (The Irish Sun)

ST PAT'S took full advantage of Bohemians' problems at the back as referee Paul McLaughlin played a fine one.Barry Cotter and Chris Forrester bagg.

But there has been no less transition at St Pat’s who appear to be managing it better. Josh Kerr was next on his list of victims. There was plenty of time to find an equaliser but St Pat’s soaked up all that Bohs threw at them and, when the chance presented itself to put the result beyond reach, they took it clinically. Long’s response to the first half was to take off Kerr and bring on Jordan Doherty in his place but Bohs needed to do more than just tighten up at the back to take anything from this game. It took Bohs a while to regroup on the pitch but they did improve as the half wore on with St Pat’s reliant on good awareness on the part of their defenders to make vital interceptions. Declan McDaid played the ball through to Ethon Varian in the box but the ever-alert Joe Redmond was in like a flash to snuff out the danger.

St Pat's all but seal fourth place after dismissing Bohs in Dublin derby (The42)

Goals from Barry Cotter, Chris Forrester and Adam O'Reilly left the Inchicore side with bragging rights.

As Bohs pressed for the equaliser, the threat of Atakayi on the break loomed large and it was another defensive mistake that almost allowed The Pat’s front man to restore his side’s lead. The introduction of Jordan Doherty, Ali Coote and James Clarke seemed to have the desired effect as they halved the deficit just after the hour mark through a towering Rory Feely header, and in doing so flipping the toxic atmosphere on its head. It was Tim Clancy’s men who broke the deadlock a couple of minutes later and with on-loan Shamrock Rovers wingback Barry Cotter doing the damage.