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\nDerry City goalkeeper Eddie Beach punches clear<\/p>\n
A late Aaron Greene strike earned champions Shamrock Rovers a deserved point against a spirited Derry City side at Tallaght Stadium.<\/p>\n
Liam Boyce headed home his first goal of the season to give the Brandywell men the advantage at half-time, but Greene’s lovely finish seven minutes from time earned Stephen Bradley’s men a point.<\/p>\n
While Rovers will feel they had in the chances in the closing stages, Tiernan Lynch, who gave debuts to youngsters Liam Kelly and Terence Doherty, had a side that always looked a threat on the counter attack and with a bit more luck could have left a sun-soaked Tallaght with all three points.<\/p>\n
The woodwork came to Rovers’ rescue after three minutes as Olunatunmise Sobawle’s terrible clearance only found Adam O’Reilly on the edge of the box, the midfielder’s 20-yard drive, which took a deflection off Lee Grace, came crashing back off the crossbar.<\/p>\n
The home side slowly started to get into the encounter with Matt Healy and Jake Mulraney both testing City’s Eddie Beach, but the goalkeeper gathered both efforts.<\/p>\n
Beach was called into action on 16 minutes as Patrick McClean’s underhit back pass only found Michael Noonan, but his close-range effort was kept out by the Welshman.<\/p>\n
Derry suffered an injury set-back just at the midway point of the half as Kevin Dos Santos looked like he pulled his hamstring and had to be replaced by Darragh Markey.<\/p>\n
The Foylesiders broke the deadlock after 25 minutes. Barry Cotter started the move inside his half, finding O’Reilly who, in turn, fed James McClean and his left-wing centre found Boyce, and his glancing header from 12 yards found the bottom corner.<\/p>\n
Two minutes later, a terrible pass by Cotter was snagged by Noonan, but the teenager’s effort from the left-hand side of the six-yard box was outstandingly kept out by Beach.<\/p>\n
Rovers had strong claims for a penalty on the half-hour mark, but referee Aaron O’Dowd waved away Dylan Watts’ protests after the midfielder fell under James McClean’s challenge inside the box.<\/p>\n
\nDerry City goalkeeper Eddie Beach punches clear<\/p>\n
Minutes later, a tremendous last-ditch tackle by the impressive O’Reilly denied Graham Burke a certain goal after Noonan had caused problems to the City defence.<\/p>\n
Right on the stroke of half-time, Markey had a super chance but his tame, curling left-footed shot from the was straight at Ed McGinty.<\/p>\n
Just before the hour mark, Derry were forced into taking off substitute Markey for Carl Winchester, while James Olayinka also came on for Cameron Dummigan, as the injuries continue to mount up for City.<\/p>\n
Then more good play by O’Reilly saw the midfielder break up play before his inch-perfect centre from the right found an unmarked Boyce at the back post, but the former Northern Ireland international saw his shot hit the side-netting.<\/p>\n
Derry should have netted a second on 68 minutes as James McClean’s long ball caught out Cory O’Sullivan as his poor clearance only found Michael Duffy on the edge of the box, but his attempted lob over McGinty was kept out by the Rovers net-minder, who looked as though he possibly handled the ball outside the box to keep the effort out.<\/p>\n
Rovers equalised on 83 minutes as substitute McGovern and Greene combined with the veteran striker’s first touch getting him away from Conor Barr before he fired past Beach.<\/p>\n
With their tails up, Rovers went close to scoring a winner as Beach had to make a top save, diving full stretch to get his fingertips to keep out Max Kovalevskis’ strike.<\/p>\n
Right at the death, Sobawle should have won it but the defender’s effort from close range was off target.<\/p>\n
Shamrock Rovers: Ed McGinty, Olunatunmise Sobawle, Lee Grace, Corey O’Sullivan (John O’Sulivan 70); Jake Mulraney (Max Kovalevskis 76), Matt Healy, Dylan Watts (John McGovern 70), Jack Byrne, Adam Brennan; Graham Burke (Naj Razi 70), Michael Noonan (Aaron Greene 70).<\/p>\n
Derry City: Eddie Beach, Barry Cotter, Conor Barr, Patrick McClean, Brandon Fleming; Cameron Dummigan (James Olayinka 56), James McClean (Liam Kelly 72), Adam O’Reilly; Kevin Dos Santos (Darragh Markey 23 – Carl Winchester 56), Liam Boyce (Terence Doherty 70), Michael Duffy.<\/p>\n
Referee: Aaron O’Dowd (Dublin).<\/p>\n
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