Late drama aplenty as Bohemians and Cork City fight back: what we learned from Monday’s League of Ireland action

Cian O'Connell - The Irish Times - 14:41
It is as you were at the top as Drogheda and St Pat’s played out stalemate, while Shelbourne were left frustrated

Before yesterday, Bohemians’ finest performance this season had come against Shamrock Rovers at the Aviva on the opening day.

They started brightly in Tallaght on Monday, buoyed by two wins in their last three and playing with an unfamiliar zip. Rovers’ defence stood resolute under a flurry of dangerous crosses. None of it really tested Ed McGinty, and the Hoops soon wrestled some control.

Josh Honohan nearly opened the scoring on 25 minutes, cutting in from the left and launching a right-footed strike across goal that drifted away from Kacper Chorążka’s reach and crashed against the post. It proved an unheeded warning for Bohs, who showed Honohan inside again 10 minutes later. This time the defender kept marauding, slaloming across the penalty area and reversing his strike into the bottom left corner.

Michael Noonan’s season has lacked a first league goal, and it arrived in style two minutes later. When Bohs’ press is beaten, they can look threadbare, and the 16-year-old striker’s eyes lit up as he received the ball in space near halfway. Noonan galloped with purpose, carrying it 50 ya...
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