Stephen Kenny’s side move three points clear of John Caulfield’s men in fourth place.
David Sneyd reports from Richmond Park St Patrick’s Athletic 2 Galway United 1 THERE WAS ANGER and tension and no little recrimination, but at the end of this fantastically fractious night it was two moments of Chris Forrester brilliance that mattered most.
Victories for the three teams above them means European qualification is now almost certainly the best St Pat’s can hope for. They would have taken that during the summer when they laboured in seventh.St Pat’s started the night in fourth and ended it in fourth. Francely Lomboto got between Joe Redmond and Tom Grivosti, headed the ball towards goal on the run and continued it into the box leaving the latter defender in his wake.
The broke the deadlock on 32 minutes courtesy of Keena’s precise low finish from Chris Forrester’s equally pin-point defence-splitting pass. Within six minutes of the re-start the latter was sprinting towards the travelling Galway fans celebrating a thunderous 30-yard strike the rifled high off the right post and into the far corner.
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