Liam Burt the penalty hero as Shels make the quarter-finals
Liam Burt proved the hero with the tie-winning penalty in the shoot-out to eventually put Shelbourne into the quarter-finals of the FAI Cup after extra-time at Tolka Park.
With the 90 minutes having ended in stalemate, O’Brien had made an immediate impact, scoring on his debut to put Shelbourne into the lead.Arne Slot puts focus on training and tactics to make Liverpool contendersKen Early: The Premier League is back and it needs Manchester City not to win it more than ever
Starting brightly, Shelbourne got the first sight of goal on nine minutes when Evan Caffrey cleverly turned defender Buckley, if his shot scarcely had the venom to trouble Clarke. Caffrey got to the end line, but there was no one there to meet the cross which flew across the face of Clarke’s goal.Clarke’s goal kick was flicked on in turn by Pat Hickey and Walsh for Keohane’s run through.All Galway received was a yellow card for manager John Caulfield for his touchline protests.
Shelbourne continued to ask questions of the Galway defence, Clarke producing a fine parry save to deny Harry Wood from Lunney’s cross.
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